Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Titles

Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist	[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]
Virgin and Child adored by St John the Baptist as a Boy	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 86, No. 82]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]
[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/44959] (accessed 2017-02-02)

The Virgin holds the infant Christ in both hands on her lap and looks out at the viewer, while he engages with the infant St John at the left edge of the painting. The background is dark.

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016] [https://rkd.nl/explore/images/44959] (accessed 2016-06-29) [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 86, No. 82]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	'Studio of Lucas Cranach I' [https://rkd.nl/en/explore/images/44959] (accessed 2017-02-02)

Production date: about 1516

Production date

about 1516

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 64 x 42 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 64 x 42 cm
Dimensions including frame: 82 x 61 x 6 cm
[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the lower left: winged serpent (with elevated wings)

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the lower left: winged serpent (with elevated wings)

Owner: Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Rijswijk
Repository: Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
Location: Maastricht

CDA ID: NL_BMM_3762
FR (1978) Nr.: FR082
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/NL_BMM_3762/

Provenance

1921 A. S. Drey, Munich
1926 private collection, Cologne
1932 Coll. Frau von Pannwitz, De Hartekamp b. Harlem
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 86, No. 82]
1940 Hermann Göring Collection
[http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/
goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00484484] (accessed 2016-06-29]
on loan from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Rijswijk (NK1883)
[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Maastricht 1995

250-251

Editing	Rik van Wegen, Ton Quik
Title	Bonnefanten Museum Maastricht
Place of Publication	Maastricht
Year of Publication	1995

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Cat. The Hague 1992

Editor	Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst/The Netherlands Office for Fine Arts The Hague
Title	Old master paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue. Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlands Office for Fine Arts The Hague)
Place of Publication	The Hague
Year of Publication	1992

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. 82

Fig. 82

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

No. 75

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist, about 1516

Images

Conservation History

Date1997

At that treating the varnish was removed with ethanol, this also removed many of the old retouches. The original wooden panel support was thinned down to 2mm and transferred onto a 8.5 mm thick plywood panel. The glue which is used is visible on the edges. At the treatment in 1997 the glue was removed with distilled water and is scraped mechanically from the edges so that more of the original wood could be visible. In some places the paint had sunk into the worm holes and in other places the paint seems to have been pushed up by worms . As a result a number of very small paint losses in the black scattered all over. A very thin layer of Paralloid B72 was applied to isolate the fillings and the paint.

[Bonnefantenmuseum, revised 2016]

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