Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

Title

Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels

[Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

Wood transferred to canvas

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 192]

Interior with seated Madonna centre, the Christ Child standing on her lap. Madonna with long blonde hair covered by a filmy veil supports the Child with both hands. The Christ Child, hands together in benediction, looks down at the infant St. John. Three putti hold a dark drapery behind

Interior with seated Madonna centre, the Christ Child standing on her lap. Madonna with long blonde hair covered by a filmy veil supports the Child with both hands. The Christ Child, hands together in benediction, looks down at the infant St. John. Three putti hold a dark drapery behind the group.

[Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

Production date
1536

Production date

1536

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 116.8 x 80.3 cm (46 x 31 5/8 in.)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 116.8 x 80.3 cm (46 x 31 5/8 in.)

  • [Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

  • Dimensions of support: 120 x 84 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 228]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1536'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1536'

  • [cda 2013]

Owner
Detroit Institute of Arts
Repository
Detroit Institute of Arts
Location
Detroit
CDA ID
US_DIA_23-31
FR (1978) Nr.
FR228
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_DIA_23-31/

Provenance

  • London, Collection Arthur Sulley (1921-1923), from whom purchased by the DIA in 1923. (Founders Society Purchase)

[Detroit Institute of Arts, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Heydenreich 1998 A 184
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHerstellung, Grundierung und Rahmung der Holzbildträger in den Werkstätten Lucas Cranachs d.Ä.
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages181-200
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Schade, Schuttwolf 1994 30
AuthorWerner Schade, Allmuth Schuttwolf
TitleMalerei und Plastik
Publicationin Allmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
Pages15-94
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 228
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 575
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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Exhib. Cat. New York 1960
EditorDuveen Brothers
TitleCranach. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1960
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Cat. Detroit 1944 32 No. 43
AuthorEdgar Preston Richardson
EditorDetroit Institute of Arts
TitleCatalogue of Paintings
Place of Publication[Detroit]
Year of Publication1944
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Exhib. Cat. Cambridge, Mass. 1936 36 106
AuthorCharles L. Kuhn
EditorGermanic Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
TitleCatalogue of the Germanic Museum exhibition of German paintings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Lent from American collections
Place of PublicationCambridge Mass.
Year of Publication1936
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Richardson 1935 101, 102 Fig.
AuthorEdgar Preston Richardson
TitleA New Cranach
JournalBulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts
IssueVol. 15, No. 7
Year of Publication1935
Pages100-102
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 189
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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Cat. Detroit 1930 No. 43 Fig. 43
AuthorWalter Heil
EditorDetroit Institute of Arts
TitleCatalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts of the City of Detroit
Place of PublicationDetroit
Year of Publication1930
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Exhib. Cat. New York 1928
EditorF. Kleinberger Galleries, New York
TitleExhibition of French Painting
Place of Publication[New York]
Year of Publication1928
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Walther 1923 10-11 Fig. on cover
AuthorJ. Walther
TitleFounders Society Presents an Important Painting
JournalBulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts
IssueVol. 5, No. 2
Year of Publication1923
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25.06.1999Scientific analysis

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Support

Identification of wood species: not possible

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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