In accordance with Jewish tradition two doves are sacrificed for the infant Jesus. The old man Simeon blesses the child at the altar in the temple. Cherubs' heads are represented in the clouds above the arch at the top of the painting.
[Görres, cda 2016]
- Attributions
-
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264] [1][Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 267] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Hübner 1862, No. 1742][1] |
- Production date
- about 1515 - 1520
Production date
about 1515 - 1520 | [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 60 x 12 x 2.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 60 x 12 x 2.5 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr. repeated]; in pencil: [register mark open to the left] 'D, 240'; in …
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr. repeated]; in pencil: [register mark open to the left] 'D, 240'; in black chalk: 'D'; in pencil: [Gal.-Nr.]; in black ink: (in Cyrillic script) 'F 2321/31'
[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 264]
- Owner
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- Repository
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
- Location
- Dresden
- CDA ID
- DE_SKD_GG1932DD
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1932DD/