Nativity of Christ

Nativity of Christ

Title

Nativity of Christ

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 102]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 102]

The Virgin, Joseph and two angels are gathered together with the ox and the donkey around a stone block on which the radiant infant Christ is bedded. The shepherds watch the event through a window behind the Virgin, and are also shown on a hill at the right in the

The Virgin, Joseph and two angels are gathered together with the ox and the donkey around a stone block on which the radiant infant Christ is bedded. The shepherds watch the event through a window behind the Virgin, and are also shown on a hill at the right in the background being promised the birth of a Saviour by an angel.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 102]

Production date
about 1518 - 1520

Production date

about 1518 - 1520

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 102]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 27.5 x 18.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 27.5 x 18.5 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 102]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P008
FR (1978) Nr.
FR102
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P008/

Provenance

  • 1933 recorded at L. Hirsch, London
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 102]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 102
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 091
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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  • Nativity of Christ, about 1518 - 1520

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