Charity

Charity

Titles

Charity

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 299]

Sitting Charity

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 406E]

Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, no. 299]
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 120]

'On the left two naked boys knock apples down and collect them, on the right a naked mother sits in front of a tree with a girl and nurses a baby. In the background a castle on a rocky outcrop is visible.'

[G. Walczak, Cat. Hamburg 2007, no. 299]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, no. 299] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 406E] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 120]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Jahresbericht Hamburg 1898]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 406E] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 120]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 48.5 x 73.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 48.5 x 73.2 cm

  • [Cat. Hamburg 2007, no. 299]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the trunk: serpent with dropped wings, facing left; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the trunk: serpent with dropped wings, facing left; in yellow paint

Inscriptions and Labels

On the trunk, in yellow paint: 'CARITAS'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • On the trunk, in yellow paint: 'CARITAS'

Owner
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Repository
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Location
Hamburg
CDA ID
DE_HKH_HK-299
FR (1978) Nr.
FR406E
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HKH_HK-299/

Provenance

  • bequest of Carl Gottfried Sohst, Hamburg 1898
    [Cat. Hamburg 2007, no. 299]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 120
Hamburg 1983, no. 121

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 299]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Hamburg 2007 299
AuthorMartina Sitt, Gerrit Walczak
TitleDie Sammlungen der Hamburger Kunsthalle. Die deutschen, englischen, französischen, italienischen und spanischen Gemälde 1350-1800
Place of PublicationHamburg
Year of Publication2007
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Koepplin 2007 B 66, 69 10
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleCranachs Bilder der Caritas im theologischen und humanistischen Geiste Luthers und Melanchthons
Publicationin Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Pages63-79
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 1983 A 246-247 121
EditorWerner Hofmann
TitleLuther und die Folgen für die Kunst, [Hamburg, Kunsthalle. 1983-1984]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1983
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 406E
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Hentzen 1969 42
AuthorAlfred Hentzen
TitleHamburger Kunsthalle. Meisterwerke der Gemälde-Galerie
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1969
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Wind 1969 21-22 18
AuthorEdgar Wind
TitleGiorgione's 'Tempestà'. With Comments on Giorgione's Poetic Allegories
Place of PublicationOxford
Year of Publication1969
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Cat. Hamburg 1966 46
Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog der Alten Meister der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Place of PublicationHamburg
IssueFifth edition
Year of Publication1966
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Cat. Hamburg 1956 44
Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog der Alten Meister der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Place of PublicationHamburg
IssueFourth edition
Year of Publication1956
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 45 120 Pl. 89
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 326E
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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Marle 1931-1932 37 p. 1
AuthorRaimond van Marle
TitleIconographie de l'art profane au Moyen-Age et á la Renaissance
Volume2
Place of PublicationThe Hague
Year of Publication1931
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Cat. Hamburg 1930 30-31
Authorn. a.
TitleKunsthalle zu Hamburg. Katalog der Alten Meister
Place of PublicationHamburg
IssueThird edition
Year of Publication1930
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Cat. Hamburg 1921 31-32
AuthorGustav Pauli
TitleKunsthalle zu Hamburg. Katalog der Alten Meister
Place of PublicationHamburg
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1921
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Cat. Hamburg 1918 31
Authorn. a.
TitleKunsthalle zu Hamburg. Katalog der Alten Meister
Place of PublicationHamburg
Year of Publication1918
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Jahresbericht Hamburg 1898 41
EditorHamburger Kunsthalle
TitleJahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1898
Place of PublicationHamburg
Year of Publication1899
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Technical studies

08. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible; initial design possibly in red chalk?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

Date1932

  • restauriert von Unknown

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