Caritas

Caritas

Title

Caritas

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

A woman (nude) with four little children (nude) around her. One is being breast-fed. The group is sitting in a landscape with rocks, trees and a village on a mountain in the background.

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Production date
1535

Production date

1535

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 50 x 34 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 50 x 34 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 69.5 x 53 cm

  • [Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the stone pedestal: winged serpent and dated '1535'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the stone pedestal: winged serpent and dated '1535'

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • at the bottom right on the stone block: 'CHARITAS' (in whitish paint)

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • at the bottom right on the stone block:

  • 'CHARITAS' (in whitish paint)

Owner
Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå
Repository
Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå
Location
Nivå
CDA ID
DK_NMK_0017NMK
FR (1978) Nr.
FR223B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DK_NMK_0017NMK/

Provenance

  • acquired in 1906. Bought directly from Prince Potbus, Rügen, in 1898. According to Frederich Peter Grünewald's travelbook it was then picked up in Berlin in the antique dealer Gustav Lewy's shop between the 2nd and 4th October 1898.
    [Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]
  • Caritas, 1535

Images

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Versions

Charity
  • Charity, after 1535
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P383
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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