The Nativity

The Nativity

Title

The Nativity

[cda 2024]

Painting on hardwood

Medium

Painting on hardwood

[Heydenreich, cda 2024]

The naked infant Jesus is lying on a cloth held by two angels with the Virgin Mary kneeling before him. She is wearing a red robe underneath a bluish-green cloak, which she has pulled over her head. Joseph stands at the right edge of the image with his hat pulled

The naked infant Jesus is lying on a cloth held by two angels with the Virgin Mary kneeling before him. She is wearing a red robe underneath a bluish-green cloak, which she has pulled over her head. Joseph stands at the right edge of the image with his hat pulled down; behind him, the ox and ass look over the gate. A landscape with the Annunciation to the Shepherds can be seen through a large opening in the stable wall.

[cda 2024]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2024]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

after Prof. Stange Lucas Cranach the Elder [handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Koepplin Archive 1960]

Production dates
about 1512 - 1520
about 1509 - 1513

Production dates

about 1512 - 1520

[cda 2024]

about 1509 - 1513

after Prof. Stange painted about 1509 -1513 [handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Koepplin Archive 1960]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 68.3-68.9 × 53.2 × 0.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 68.3-68.9 × 53.2 × 0.5 cm

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2024]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Domkapitel Aachen
Repository
Domschatzkammer Aachen
CDA ID
DE_DKA_NONE-001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_DKA_NONE-001/

Provenance

  • Löhr collection, Cologne, Germany, about 1960
    [handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph, Koepplin Archive]
  • The Nativity, about 1512 - 1520

Images

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Technical studies

29.02.2024Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

29.02.2024Technical Examination

Support

A wooden panel consisting of more than one board (at least 2)

[Heydenreich, cda 2024]

Condition Reports

Date29.02.2024

  • panel thinned to 5 mm and cradled

  • the four corners have been reworked

  • examined by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
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Entry with no author
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