This horizontal format painting is a so-called 'protestant teaching image (Lehrbild)', based on the biblical text: Mark 10, 13-16. Although by virtue of the date 1545 this painting is considered a late version it has the best painterly quality of the series. It is thought that Lucas Cranach the Younger
This horizontal format painting is a so-called 'protestant teaching image (Lehrbild)', based on the biblical text: Mark 10, 13-16. Although by virtue of the date 1545 this painting is considered a late version it has the best painterly quality of the series. It is thought that Lucas Cranach the Younger may also have worked on the series. As a broadly arranged group picture against a dark background this painting depicts Christ surrounded by women with their children, the protestant apostles are inserted behind at the left. The artist focuses on the tender affection between Christ and the children. At the same time it depicts a multifaceted exploration of the mother-child relationship. The figures are shown knee-length. Scholars associate the work with Luther's endorsement of the baptism of children in opposition to the baptism solely of adults for which Thomas Münzer among others made propaganda.
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- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
| Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop) | [cda 2015] |
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'in collaboration with Lucas Cranach the Younger' |
| Lucas Cranach the Younger | 'more likely L. Cranach the Younger' |
- Production date
- 1545
Production date
| 1545 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 71.4 x 120.5 x 1.7 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 71.4 x 120.5 x 1.7 cm
Dimensions including frame: 94.5 x 142.2 x 10 cm
[Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig; revised 2015]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the lower edge: winged serpent and dated '1545'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the lower edge: winged serpent and dated '1545'
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- Inscriptions and Labels
- at the lower edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZU IM DAS ER SIE ANRÜRETE. MAR. X.'
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- at the lower edge:
'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZU IM DAS ER SIE ANRÜRETE. MAR. X.'
- Owner
- Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
- Repository
- Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
- Location
- Leipzig
- CDA ID
- DE_KSUL_0037-90
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR362D
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0037-90/
