Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Title

Virgin and Child

[Wittelbacher Ausgleichsfond, revised 2016]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfond, revised 2016]

Small circular painting of the Virgin with the infant Christ embracing her. On the reverse is the coat of arms of the Stein family with a mitre and the date '1549'

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfond, revised 2016][Wittmann 1998, 177]

Production date
1525

Production date

1525

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 14.5 cm (diameter)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 14.5 cm (diameter)

  • [Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfond, revised 2016]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia right: winged serpent in red paint und date '1525'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia right: winged serpent in red paint und date '1525'

Inscriptions and Labels

Verso: coat-of-arms of the Swabian Stein family and date 1549 (after a single sheet woodcut by Jörg Breu the …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Verso: coat-of-arms of the Swabian Stein family and date 1549 (after a single sheet woodcut by Jörg Breu the Younger in the University library of Erlangen).

  • [Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfond, revised 2016]

Owner
Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfond
Repository
Königliches Schloss Berchtesgaden
Location
Berchtesgaden
CDA ID
DE_BstGS-SB_WAFBI31
FR (1978) Nr.
FR158
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BstGS-SB_WAFBI31/

Provenance

  • Alte Pinakothek, Munich (Cat. 1922)
  • 1932 Schloss Berchtesgaden, collection of crown prince Rupprecht
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 102, No. 158]

Exhibitions

Erlangen 1998, No. 20.5

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1998 177 20.5
EditorWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach, Fachhochschule , Ingo Sandner
TitleUnsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen. Ausstellungskatalog und Tagungsband Katalogteil 1; 2: Werkstatt und Schüler Cranachs; 3: Süddeutsche Meister; 4: Albrecht Dürer und sein Kreis; 5: Rheinische Meister
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages229-240
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Wittmann 1998 177-179 Fig. 20.5
AuthorJan Wittmann
TitleDie Bedeutung des Marienbildes im Schaffen Cranachs
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
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2050
Pages169-180
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 102 No. 158 Fig. 158
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 276ff. Fig. 144
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 No. 135
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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Schuchardt 1851 C No. 353
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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