Virgin and Child (called the Madonna of Polen)

Title

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 8]

Painting on wood

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 8]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master of the Mass of St Gregory (?)

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 8]
Master of the Mass of St Gregory (?)	[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 8]

about 1520

[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 8]

according to the record in the parish book in 1749-1776 the painting was brought by an unknown soldier during the Thirty Year War from Italy to the nearby Kobzan Mill and the temporary owners donated it to the church of All Saints in Polen in southwest Bohemia
1967 stolen
after its retrieval in 1969 the painting was lent to the National Gallery in Prague
[Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 8]
[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the archive D. Koepplin]

Prague 2005, no. 8

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

66, 67 (English version 29)

Pl. p. 67, Figs. p. 66 (details)

Editor	Obrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
Title	Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of Publication	Prague
Year of Publication	2005

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