The Annunciation

Title

The Annunciation

[cda 2018]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood	[laminated onto a second wooden panel; Lempertz online database, accessed 17.02.2022]
Painting on wood	[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 538, no. 391]

The painting depicts the Virgin kneeling on a prayer stool at the right, hovering above her is the Holy Ghost shown in the form of a dove. The archangel Gabriel enters the room from the left with his right hand raised in blessing. A vase of lilies is positioned between

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop	[Heydenreich, Cologne, 5.4.2021, Lempertz online database, accessed 17.02.2022]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 538, no. 391]
Lucas Cranach der Ältere	[Cat. Dortmund 1967, no. 4] [Jakob Rosenberg, Ann Arbor/Michigan, 13.1.1961, Max J. Friedländer, Berlin, 2.9.1932, Lempertz online database, accessed 17.02.2022]

Production dates: about 1520
about 1518

Production dates

about 1520	[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 538, no. 391]
about 1518	[Cat. Dortmund 1967, no. 4]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 26 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 22.5 x 26 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 538, no. 391]
Dimensions of support: 22.6 x 26.2 cm
[Lempertz online database, accessed 17.02.2022]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P228
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P228/

Provenance

Galerie van Diemen & Co., Berlin, before 1932
Auction Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 20.10.1932, lot 48 (as Cranach the Elder)
Katzenelnbogen collection
Galerie Schaeffer, New York, 1961
Dr. H. Becker collection, Dortmund, 1974 [1]
since then the property of a German family
sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 05.06.2021, auction 1175, lot 2012
[1] see also [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 538, no. 391]
sold at Lempertz, Cologne, 05.06.2021, auction 1175, lot 2012
[Lempertz online database, accessed 17.02.2022]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

538

391

Fig. 285

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Exhib. Cat. Bielefeld 1972

No. 4

Editor	Hans Georg Gmelin
Title	Lukas Cranach der Ältere 1472-1553. Grafik[Bielefeld, Kunsthalle, 23. Januar bis 26. März 1972; Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum, 8. April bis 17. Mai 1972; Köln, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, 26. Mai bis 16. Juli 1972]
Place of Publication	Bielefeld
Year of Publication	1972

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Cat. Dortmund 1967

004

Author	Rolf Fritz
Title	Sammlung Becker. Teil 1: Gemälde alter Meister
Place of Publication	Dortmund
Year of Publication	1967

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Fritz 1967

No. 4

Author	Rolf Fritz
Title	Sammlung Becker. Gemälde alter Meister
Place of Publication	Dortmund
Year of Publication	1967

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Research History / Discussion

The assumption that this painting and the Adoration of the Shepherds [FR103B] are part of the same ensemble was confirmed when they were displayed together in the exhibition.

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 538, no. 391]

The Annunciation, about 1520

Images

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