The Magdalen seated before a tree

The Magdalen seated before a tree

Title

The Magdalen seated before a tree

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[[Kunstmuseum Basel online database, accessed 28.08.2020]

Painting on limewood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

The saint is shown as a full-length seated figure, sumptuously dressed and holding an ointment jar in her hands. In the background the image shows the saint, who had spent many years of penance in the wilderness, being carried up to heaven by angels.

[cda 2016]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Kunstmuseum Basel online database accessed 20.09.2023](http://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=38355&viewType=detailView); [Brinkmann 2017 B, 26]; ['?',Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

"ist wohl Kopie nach [...]" (copy after) [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 166, Fn. 144]

Production date
about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 41 x 26 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Kunstmuseum Basel
Repository
Kunstmuseum Basel
Location
Basel
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P119
FR (1978) Nr.
FR157
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P119/

Provenance

Exhibitions

Basel 1928, no. 9

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Brinkmann 2017 B 26 Fig. p. 27
AuthorBodo Brinkmann
TitleSchenkungen
JournalKunstmuseum Basel Jahresbericht
Issue2016
Year of Publication2017
Link https://kunstmuseumbasel.ch/de/museum/jahresberichte
Pages26-27
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 102 157 157
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 541
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 134
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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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1928 9
EditorKunstverein Basel
TitleAusstellung von Kunstwerken des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, [Basel, Kunstverein]
Place of PublicationBasel
Year of Publication1928
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Research History / Discussion

According to Koepplin this painting is a copy after [CDA.PRIVATE_NONE-P613]

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 166, Fn. 144]

  • The Magdalen seated before a tree, about 1525

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Conservation History

Date2016 - 2017

Conservation treatment in winter 2016/17

[Kunstmuseum Basel online database, accessed 20.09.2023]

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