Suffer the little children to come unto me

Suffer the little children to come unto me

Title

Suffer the little children to come unto me

[Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 54]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 58]

Christ stands in three-quarter profile at the left in the centre of a crowded throng of figures. He holds an infant on his left arm and touches another one held by its mother with his right hand. He is surrounded by further mothers and their children. On the right hand

Christ stands in three-quarter profile at the left in the centre of a crowded throng of figures. He holds an infant on his left arm and touches another one held by its mother with his right hand. He is surrounded by further mothers and their children. On the right hand side of the image one of them breastfeeds her infant. At the left edge of the painting the heads of six apostles are rowed up one behind the other.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 54]

Production date
1556

Production date

1556

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 59 x 80 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 59 x 80 cm

  • [Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 58]

Signature / Dating

Dated top left: '1556'

Signature / Dating

  • Dated top left: '1556'

  • [Melzer, in Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 58]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • at the top edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . MARCVS AM X'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • at the top edge:

  • 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . MARCVS AM X'

  • [Görres, cda 2015]

Owner
Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Repository
Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus (The Gothic House)
Location
Wörlitz
CDA ID
DE_KsDW_I-56
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KsDW_I-56/

Provenance

  • 'Gothisches Haus' Wörlitz (old no. 1137)
    [Melzer 2005, 54, 58 Fn. 31]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz 2015 136-137
EditorKulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
EditingWolfgang Savelsberg
TitleCranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, [Wörlitz, Gotisches Haus, 15 May - 4 Oct. 2015]
SeriesKataloge und Schriften der Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Volume35
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
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Melzer 2015 B 157-158 19
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleDer Cranach-Bestand des Gotischen Hauses
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages149-162
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Ruoss, Giesicke 2015 177
AuthorMylene Ruoss, Barbara Giesicke
TitleDie Glasgemälde als Bestandteil der altdeutschen Sammlung im Gotischen Haus zu Wörlitz
Publicationin Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages171-178
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 54, 58
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Melzer 2005 51, 52, 54, 58 Fn. 31
AuthorReinhard Melzer
TitleCranach in Wörlitz. Das Gotische Haus als frühe Sammlungsstätte altdeutscher Malerei
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, ed., Cranach. Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages44-58
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