The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Title

The Virgin and Child

[cda 2014]

Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin next to a picture in the D. Koepplin Archive]

The painting shows the Virgin as a half-length figure against a black background, breastfeeding the infant Christ who is shown with a halo. Her long hair is covered by an almost invisible veil. Both protagonists look out at the viewer.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Forgery after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Forgery after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in D. Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Lucas Cranach d. Ä. (?)'
[Küppers 1974, Fig. 155]

Production dates
after 1550
1533

Production dates

after 1550

[cda 2018]

1533

[dated, not authentic]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support:

  • 74.8 x 57.7 cm

  • [handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the edge: serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1533'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the edge: serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1533'

  • ['not authentic', handwritten annotation D. Koepplin in the D. Koepplin Archive]

Owner
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Repository
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Location
Duisburg
CDA ID
DE_LMD_NONE-LMD-001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LMD_NONE-LMD-001/

Provenance

  • 1966 as a bequest from Johann W. Welcker to the Museum Duisburg
    [handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin Archive]
  • 1980 Dr. Wallraf, Fa. Lempertz (?)
    [letter to D. Koepplin in the D. Koepplin Archive, 11.1980]
  • until 2016 on loan to the Weserrenaissance Museum, Schloss Brake
    [emailcorrespondence Herrschaft, cda with the director of Schloss Brake 2016]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Küppers 1974 Fig. 155
AuthorKüppers
TitleDie Gottesmutter, Marienbild in Rheinland und Westfalen
Volume2
Place of PublicationRecklinghausen
Year of Publication1974
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Research History / Discussion

In May 1972 examined by D. Koepplin and classified as a forgery

[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin Archive]

  • The Virgin and Child, after 1550

Images

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Versions

The Virgin and Child
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  • Painting
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The Virgin and Child
  • The Virgin and Child, after 1537
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P626
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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