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

Editor	Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach, Fachhochschule , Ingo Sandner
Title	Unsichtbare 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 Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	1998
Pages	229-240

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Wittmann 1998

177-179

Fig. 20.5

Author	Jan Wittmann
Title	Die Bedeutung des Marienbildes im Schaffen Cranachs
Publication	in Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	1998
Link	http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2050
Pages	169-180

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

102

No. 158

Fig. 158

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

276ff.

Fig. 144

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

No. 135

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Schuchardt 1851 C

No. 353

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1851
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2

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Virgin and Child, 1525

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