The Virgin and Child with St Anne

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

Title

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 144]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 144]

Anne (left) and the Virgin (right) are shown as seated half-length figures against a black background.The infant Christ stands between them on a dark green velvet cushion. Supported by Anne he puts an apple in his mother's hand.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 144]

Production date
about 1525 - 1550

Production date

about 1525 - 1550

"2 V. 16. Jahrhundert"
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 144]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 32 x 25 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 32 x 25 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 144]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia, left: winged serpent (dropped wings)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia, left: winged serpent (dropped wings)

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 144]

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
Location
Aschaffenburg
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_13260
FR (1978) Nr.
FR228J
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_13260/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Ernst Magnus, Berlin 1941 [1]
  • Theodor Fischer, Lucerne (part of an exchange for confiscated paintings from the ERR), 25.02.1941 (art market, Switzerland)[1]
  • whereabouts after 1945: Bavaria, Bay. Staatsgemäldesammlungen: 13260 [1]
  • transferred from State property

[1]Göring Collection: DHM database:
http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00493

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 144]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 144
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007 316 No. 62 Fig. p. 316
EditorGerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
TitleCranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Von zur Mühlen 2004 No. 22
AuthorIlse Von zur Mühlen
TitleDie Kunstsammlung Herman Görings. Ein Provenienzbericht der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Mit einem Beiträg von Albert A. Feiber
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2004
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 228J
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Cat. Aschaffenburg 1975 66
Authorn. a.
TitleBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Galerie Aschaffenburg. Katalog
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1975
Show Literature
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Technical studies

06. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Versions

The Virgin and Child with St Anne
  • The Virgin and Child with St Anne, about 1540
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P628
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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