Christ and St John as Infants

Title

[cda 2020]

Painting on canvas, laminated on wood

Medium

Painting on canvas, laminated on wood

[Kunstsammlungen Zwickau online database: https://www.kunstsammlungen-zwickau.de/de/kunstsammlungen/sammlungen/cranach.php; accessed 11.06.2020]

The young St John is shown kneeling on a narrow strip of pebbly ground in front of the infant Christ, who holds the cross and gives a blessing. Both infants are clothed in transparent tunics.

[cda 2020]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[https://www.kunstsammlungen-zwickau.de/de/kunstsammlungen/sammlungen/cranach.php; accessed 11.06.2020] or circle of [D. Koepplin, handwritten note; Koepplin Archive]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	or workshop? [D. Koepplin, handwritten note; Koepplin Archive]

Production date: 1518

Production date

1518	[dated, probably not genuine]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 28 x 18.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 28 x 18.5 cm
[Kunstsammlungen Zwickau online database: https://www.kunstsammlungen-zwickau.de/de/kunstsammlungen/sammlungen/cranach.php; accessed 11.06.2020]

Signature / Dating: Dated at the bottom left: '1518' [probably not genuine?]

Signature / Dating

Dated at the bottom left: '1518' [probably not genuine?]

Inscriptions and Labels: Inscription in the upper right quarter, in Hebrew lettering:
'S. JOHANNES BAPTI'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Inscription in the upper right quarter, in Hebrew lettering:
'S. JOHANNES BAPTI'

Owner: Kunstsammlungen Zwickau
Repository: Kunstsammlungen Zwickau
Location: Zwickau

CDA ID: DE_KSZ_V-71-21-K1
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSZ_V-71-21-K1/

Provenance

with Ms Erbstein, Dresden until 1946
Dr Walter Henschel, Dresden
[handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
1971 Walter Hentschel foundation, Kunstsammlungen Zwickau
[Kunstsammlungen Zwickau online database: https://www.kunstsammlungen-zwickau.de/de/kunstsammlungen/sammlungen/cranach.php; accessed 11.06.2020]

Christ and St John as Infants, 1518

Images

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Christ and St John as Infants', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSZ_V-71-21-K1/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'Christ and St John as Infants', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSZ_V-71-21-K1/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

Help us to improve the Cranach Digital Archive.

Please contact us, if you have noticed a mistake.