Recto:
The panel depicts the saint in a river with the infant Christ standing on his left shoulder in the act of blessing. The figures occupy the entire pictorial space. The child wears a white robe, his nimbus is stamped in the gold guilding of the panel. Christopher supports the
Recto:
The panel depicts the saint in a river with the infant Christ standing on his left shoulder in the act of blessing. The figures occupy the entire pictorial space. The child wears a white robe, his nimbus is stamped in the gold guilding of the panel. Christopher supports the child with his left hand while holding a long stick in his right hand. Beneath his green robe he wears white ruffled trousers and there is a touch of red visible on his sleeve. A large bag containing food is attached to his belt as well as a sword, of which only the handle is visible. At the edge of the river the hermit is shown in front of his retreat.
[Görres, cda 2013]
Verso:
Coat-of-arms belonging to the Princes of Anhalt
[Exhib. Cat. Luzern 1948, No. 72]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 110A] |
- Production dates
- about 1515 - 1520
about 1515
Production dates
| about 1515 - 1520 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 110A] |
| about 1515 | [Exhib. Cat. Luzern 1948, No. 72] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 39.6 x 16.3 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 39.6 x 16.3 cm
Dimensions including frame: 57.4 x 33.9 x 3.3 cm
[Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
reverse of the frame:
- bottom, centre: plaque: '3556'
- top, centre:
handwritten on an attached label:
'Vaduz
Obj.-Nr. 110
Inv.-Nr. 3009
1131' - top:
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
reverse of the frame:
- bottom, centre: plaque: '3556'
- top, centre:
handwritten on an attached label:
'Vaduz
Obj.-Nr. 110
Inv.-Nr. 3009
1131'
- top:
handwritten on an attached label:
'Kunstmuseum Luzern 1948
Meisterwerke aus den Sammlungen des Fürsten von Liechtenstein
Katalog Nr. 72' (handwritten on this, bottom left: '1131')
[Sammlungen des Fürsten von und zu Liechtenstein, revised 2013]
- Owner
- Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna
- Repository
- Liechtenstein. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna
- Location
- Vienna
- CDA ID
- AT_PCLW_GE733
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR110A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_PCLW_GE733/
