Madonna and Child with the infant St John

Madonna and Child with the infant St John

Title

Madonna and Child with the infant St John

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

The Madonna with the infants Christ and St. John and putties. She is sitting with the Child standing on her lap. Next to them the infant St. John is handing a bunch of grapes to the Christ child. The Virgin looks directly at the viewer. Around the group three putties

The Madonna with the infants Christ and St. John and putties. She is sitting with the Child standing on her lap. Next to them the infant St. John is handing a bunch of grapes to the Christ child. The Virgin looks directly at the viewer. Around the group three putties hold up a black and golden curtain.

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Production date
about 1530 - 1540

Production date

about 1530 - 1540

[Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74 x 54 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 74 x 54 cm

  • dimensions including frame: 101 x 80.5 cm

  • [Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: winged serpent; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left edge: winged serpent; in black paint

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • inscription on the reverse of the wooden panel: 'A 1626
    DIVÆ VIRGINILAVRE[...]
    PATRONÆ SVÆ
    IN MORTIS ARTICVLO SIB? …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

    • inscription on the reverse of the wooden panel: 'A 1626

  • DIVÆ VIRGINILAVRE[...]

  • PATRONÆ SVÆ

  • IN MORTIS ARTICVLO SIB? ASSISTENTI

  • ET SVSC[...]IEN[...]I

  • FERDINANDUS

  • MATTHIOLUS

  • CONSILIA[...]US[...] MEDICUS

  • CASAREUS EX TESTAMENTO

  • D.D (?)'

Owner
Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå
Repository
Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå
Location
Nivå
CDA ID
DK_NMK_0016NMK
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DK_NMK_0016NMK/

Provenance

  • acquired in 1906. According to Frederik Peter Grünewald's travel diary the painting was bought at the auction of Baron Königswarter's collection on the 22nd November 1906. A letter from Johannes Hage from the 23rd November states: Ferdinandus Matthiolus, who in 1626 gave the painting to Madonna of Loreto, accompanied his master, the Elector Frederik, on travels and during his imprisonment in Tyrol. His son is supposedly a doctor and the painting remains until 1906 in this family in Eisenach. From an inscription on the verso it appears that the painting was already owned by the Saxon imperial ruler in 1626.
    [Nivaagaards Malerisamling, revised 2015]
  • Madonna and Child with the infant St John, about 1530 - 1540

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible. An evaluation is not possible on the basis of the available evidence, which amounts to a few in part obscured lines.

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå

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