The Virgin and Joseph kneel in worship before the infant Christ, who lies naked in a stone trough. To the right is an ox and a donkey. Beside the trough are six small naked angels. A host of small angels float above the group against a dark background. At the
The Virgin and Joseph kneel in worship before the infant Christ, who lies naked in a stone trough. To the right is an ox and a donkey. Beside the trough are six small naked angels. A host of small angels float above the group against a dark background. At the top left the annunciation to the shepherds is visible and on the right there are three bearded men.
[Angermuseum, revised 2012]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Angermuseum, revised 2012] |
- Production dates
- after 1537
1535 - 1540
Production dates
after 1537 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 361] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 103] |
1535 - 1540 | [Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, no. 139] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 121.5 x 83 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 121.5 x 83 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 361]
[Cat. Erfurt 1924, 30, no. 139]
Dimensions including frame: 142.8 x 105.3 x 7 cm
[cda 2012]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom centre on the board: winged serpent with closed wings, facing left
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia bottom centre on the board: winged serpent with closed wings, facing left
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the cradle:
remains of a paper label (no longer legible)
Reverse of the frame:
exhibition label: 'Cranach-Ausstellung 1937'
[Angermuseum, revised …
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the cradle:
remains of a paper label (no longer legible)
Reverse of the frame:
exhibition label: 'Cranach-Ausstellung 1937'
[Angermuseum, revised 2012]
- Owner
- Angermuseum, Erfurt
- Repository
- Angermuseum, Erfurt
- Location
- Erfurt
- CDA ID
- DE_AME_3468
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR361
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_AME_3468/