The infant Christ lies in a crib on a bed of straw encircled by three kneeling angels, the ox and the ass as well as the Virgin and Joseph who are also kneeling. Three shepherds are visible through the window of the ruinous stable architecture, one of them clothed in
The infant Christ lies in a crib on a bed of straw encircled by three kneeling angels, the ox and the ass as well as the Virgin and Joseph who are also kneeling. Three shepherds are visible through the window of the ruinous stable architecture, one of them clothed in a red robe points at the child. In the distant background the preceding event is visible - the annunciation to these very shepherds.
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Attribution
- Master of the Pflock Altarpiece
Attribution
Master of the Pflock Altarpiece | [Auct. Cat. Bamberg 1995, No. 24] |
- Production date
- about 1520
Production date
about 1520 | [Auct. Cat. Bamberg 1995, No. 24] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 110 x 75 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 110 x 75 cm
[Auct. Cat. Bamberg 1995, No. 24]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P098
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FRSup003
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P098/