This panel shows the infant St John the Baptist on a thin strip of pebbly ground against a black backdrop. St John stands, facing to the left with his hands clasped in an attitude of prayer. He is wearing a transparent tunic. The composition suggests that the panel originally had
This panel shows the infant St John the Baptist on a thin strip of pebbly ground against a black backdrop. St John stands, facing to the left with his hands clasped in an attitude of prayer. He is wearing a transparent tunic. The composition suggests that the panel originally had a companion piece depicting the infant Christ.
[cda 2020]
- Attributions
-
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
| Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop | [cda 2020] |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 222C] |
- Production date
- about 1534
Production date
| about 1534 | [cda 2014] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 15 1/2 x 10 in. (39 x 25.5 cm)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 15 1/2 x 10 in. (39 x 25.5 cm)
[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the Archive D. Koepplin]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- at the top edge: 'S IOHANIS BAPTISTE'
[cda 2014]
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- at the top edge:
'S IOHANIS BAPTISTE'
[cda 2014]
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P020
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR222C
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P020/
