Christ stands in three-quarter profile at the left in the centre of a crowded throng of figures. He holds an infant on his left arm and touches another one held by its mother with his right hand. He is surrounded by further mothers and their children. On the right hand
Christ stands in three-quarter profile at the left in the centre of a crowded throng of figures. He holds an infant on his left arm and touches another one held by its mother with his right hand. He is surrounded by further mothers and their children. On the right hand side of the image one of them breastfeeds her infant. At the left edge of the painting the heads of six apostles are rowed up one behind the other.
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Attribution
- Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 54] |
- Production date
- 1556
Production date
1556 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 59 x 80 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 59 x 80 cm
[Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 58]
- Signature / Dating
Dated top left: '1556'
Signature / Dating
Dated top left: '1556'
[Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 58]
- Inscriptions and Labels
- at the top edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . MARCVS AM X'
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- at the top edge:
'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . MARCVS AM X'
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Owner
- Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
- Repository
- Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus (The Gothic House)
- Location
- Wörlitz
- CDA ID
- DE_KsDW_I-56
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KsDW_I-56/
- at the top edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . MARCVS AM X'