The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Titles

The Virgin and Child

[CDA 2011]

The Virgin and Child holding a piece of bread

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 534, No. 384]

The Virgin with a Cake

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, 64]

Painting on limewood (probably)

Medium

Painting on limewood (probably)

[Heydenreich, cda 2010]

Lime wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, 64]
[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 534, Nr. 384] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 115]

The seated Virgin as a three quarter length figure turned slightly to the left, depicted with the naked Christ as a child on her knee. He holds a piece of bread in his right hand.

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Production date
1529

Production date

1529

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 84.3 x 58 x 1.3 cm (almost original size; there are three vertical battens attached to the reverse)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 84.3 x 58 x 1.3 cm (almost original size; there are three vertical battens attached to the reverse)

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2010]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia, bottom left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1529'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia, bottom left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1529'; in yellow paint

  • [cda 2011]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top left:
Printed paper label: 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL; coat-of-arms; Nr.'; '1227 (Bachofensammlung 1920); Lukas Cranach …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top left:

  • Printed paper label: 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL; coat-of-arms; Nr.'; '1227 (Bachofensammlung 1920); Lukas Cranach d. Ae.; Maria mit Kind; 1943 [handwritten entry, in black ink]'

    • top, right:

  • Printed paper label: 'coat-of-arms; 1227; Luc. Cranach [handwritten entry, in black ink], 139 [handwritten entry, pencil] blue line in pencil'

  • [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Owner
Prof. J.J. Bachofen-Burckhardt-Stiftung
Repository
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Location
Basel
CDA ID
CH_KMB_1227
FR (1978) Nr.
FR224
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KMB_1227/

Provenance

  • 1871 Butsch (art dealer), Augsburg
  • Graf Luckner, Old Franken near Dresden
  • in the collection of Dr. Martin Schubart, Dresden and Munich [1]
  • auctioned at Helbing, Munich, 23.10.1899, lot 19 [2]
  • Bachofen-Burckhardt Collection, no. 16
  • a bequest from the Prof. J.J. Bachofen-Burckhardt-Stiftung 1921
    [1][Cat. Sammlung Dr. Schubart 1894, 3]
    [2][Exhib. Cat. Basel 2019, 157]
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, 64]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 47
Düsseldorf 1904, no. 217
Basel 1974, no. 384
Basel 2019

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Basel 2019 157 Pl. p. 32
EditorBodo Brinkmann, Gabriel Dette, Kunstmuseum Basel
TitleBilderlust. Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt. Sammeln und Stiften für Basel [Basel, Kunstmuseum]
Place of PublicationBasel
Year of Publication2019
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Grimm 1998 81, 82 Fig. 9.31
AuthorClaus Grimm
TitleDie Anteile von Meister und Werkstatt. Zum Fall Lucas Cranach d.Ä.
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages67-82
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 114 No. 224 Fig. 224
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Strieder 1975 170
AuthorPeter Strieder
TitleLucas-Cranach-Ausstellung in Basel (Ausst. Besprechung)
JournalKunstchronik
IssueJg. 28, Heft 5
Year of Publication1975
Pages165-171
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 534 384
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 186
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Glaser 1923 225
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleLukas Cranach
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1923
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923
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Flechsig 1900 A 87, 273
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Friedländer 1899 241f.
AuthorMax J. Friedländer
TitleDie Cranach-Ausstellung in Dresden
JournalRepertorium für Kunstwissenschaft
Issue22
Year of Publication1899
Pages236-249
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Frimmel 1894 A 218
AuthorTheodor von Frimmel
TitleDie Galerie Schubart in München
JournalZeitschrift für bildende Kunst
IssueN.F. 5=29.1894
Year of Publication1894
Pages215-219
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Schuchardt 1871 129-130 1
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1871
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3
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Research History / Discussion

"(Feststellung P. Cadorin mit Hilfe des Mikroskops): unter der Übermalung ist von der Ziffer 1 (die nur vom Rahmen verdeckt war) nichts, von der Ziffer 5 vieles, von der Ziffer 2 nur eine Ecke und von der – für die Datierung interessantesten – Ziffer 9 viel an ursprünglicher Malerei vorhanden."

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974-1976, 534, No. 384]

  • The Virgin and Child, 1529

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Technical studies

06. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph
  • created by Kunstmuseum Basel

03. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- some thin, traced lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describes the essential inner forms and facial features (the Virgin); no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- possibly with reference to a preparatory drawing or transferred from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

03. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

2011Technical Examination

  • reverse
  • reverse
  • reverse

Support

- plane marks visible on the reverse

- three vertical battens attached to the reverse

- brown coating (probably not original)

- beveled on all four sides

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Framing

- new frame; veneered wood (100 x 74 cm)

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Conservation History

Date1977

no further information available

  • conservation treatment by Paolo Cadorin

Date1952

no further information available

Date1950

no further information available

Date1947

no further information available

Date1940

no further information available

  • conservation treatment by Aulmann

Versions

The Virgin and Child with a Cake
  • The Virgin and Child with a Cake, about 1600
  • HU_SMB_904
  • Painting
  • Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

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