Virgin and Christ Child

Virgin and Christ Child

Title

Virgin and Christ Child

[The Royal collection, revised 2012]

Painting on Wood

Medium

Painting on Wood

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

The painting shows the Virgin as a half-length seated figure with long blond hair against a dark background. Supported by her the infant Christ stands with his right leg on her lap and presses his cheek on hers, while embracing her around the neck. The composition corresponds with the Eleusa

The painting shows the Virgin as a half-length seated figure with long blond hair against a dark background. Supported by her the infant Christ stands with his right leg on her lap and presses his cheek on hers, while embracing her around the neck. The composition corresponds with the Eleusa type.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Production date
1547

Production date

1547

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.8 x 15.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20.8 x 15.2 cm

  • [The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1547'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top right: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left and dated '1547'; in yellow paint

Owner
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, London
Repository
The Royal Collection, London
Location
London
CDA ID
UK_RCL_RCIN407818
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/UK_RCL_RCIN407818/

Provenance

  • purchased by Prince Albert from Lord Dalling's sale at Christie's, 7 June 1854
    [The Royal Collection, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Waterman 2015 284, Fn. 14; 286
AuthorJoshua P. Waterman
TitleThe Artistic Emergence of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages280-289
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  • Virgin and Christ Child, 1547

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