Virgin and child

Virgin and child

Titles

Virgin and child

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 89]

Virgin and child in a luxuriant landscape

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 87]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 87]
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 89]

The Virgin is depicted as a half-length figure and stands in front of a vast, rich landscape. Her hair falls in long curls and is covered by a veil, which is barely visible. Her body is concealed by her richly coloured, voluminous robe. In her arms she holds the naked

The Virgin is depicted as a half-length figure and stands in front of a vast, rich landscape. Her hair falls in long curls and is covered by a veil, which is barely visible. Her body is concealed by her richly coloured, voluminous robe. In her arms she holds the naked Christ Child, who stretches his arm out to embrace the young mother. The Virgin responds with an affectionate glance and a gentle inclination of the head.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 87]
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 89]

Production date
about 1518

Production date

about 1518

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 87]
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 89]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.9 x 31.4 x 0.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 40.9 x 31.4 x 0.6 cm

  • (Reverse thinned and cradled, trimmed slightly on all four sides)

  • [Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent with elevated wings

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 87]

  • [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 89]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the cradle: - printed yellow label with a black frame and handwritten annotations:
'Badische Kunsthalle
Karlsruhe
Inv. …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the cradle: - printed yellow label with a black frame and handwritten annotations:

  • 'Badische Kunsthalle

  • Karlsruhe

  • Inv. Nr.

    1. [number handwritten]

  • Cranach. d. A. [handwritten]

  • Maria mit Kind [handwritten]

  • Geprüft 1937 [last figure handwritten]

  • [Görres, cda 2012]

Owner
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location
Karlsruhe
CDA ID
DE_SKK_0108
FR (1978) Nr.
FR087
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0108/

Provenance

  • from the inheritance of the Dukes of Saxony-Lauenburg in the castle of Theusing, Bohemia (Inventar Theusing Nr. 3)
  • collection of the Margravine Sibylla Augusta of Baden-Baden (Inventory list from 1691)
    [Renner 1941, 63, 190, Fig. 5][1]
    [Gnirs 1933, 163 ff.][1]

[1][Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 89]
[Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlruhe, revised 2012]

Exhibitions

  • Dresden 1899, No. 79
  • St. Gallen 1947, No. 7 (Exhibition: Ausgewählte Meisterwerke der Kunsthalle Karlsruhe)
  • Mannheim 1948, No. 9
  • Karlsruhe, Bad. Landesmuseum 1955, No. 296 (Türkenlouis Exhibition)
  • Basel 1974, No. 382 Pl. 22
  • Frankfurt 2007, No. 62

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Florence 2017 92 under no. 15
EditorFrancesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara
Title I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee [Uffizi, Florence]
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
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Brinkmann 2007 16-19, 27 1, 2
AuthorBodo Brinkmann
TitleDas Lächeln der Madonna. Lucas Cranach und die Folgen
Publicationin Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere, Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Pages17-27
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Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 244-245 62 p. 245
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005 137 (English version 51) under no. 38
EditorObrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
TitlePod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2005
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Exhib. Cat. Karlsruhe 1992 64-67 10
AuthorDietmar Lüdke, Ines Dresel, Horst Vey
TitleChristus und Maria. Auslegungen christlicher Gemälde der Spätgotik und Frührenaissance aus der Karlsruher Kunsthalle[Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle]
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1992
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1988 52
Title150 Gemälde vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1988
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 13, 355, 523, 532 No. 382 Pl. 22
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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Schade 1974 41
AuthorWerner Schade
TitleDie Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1966 89
AuthorJan Lauts
TitleStaatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1966
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Cat. Karlsruhe 1964 38
Authorn. a.
TitleAltdeutsche Meister aus der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
IssueRevised edition
Year of Publication1964
Show Literature
Cat. Karlsruhe 1958 39
Authorn. a.
TitleAltdeutsche Meister aus der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
Year of Publication1958
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Lauts 1957 13, 44 32 pl. 1
AuthorJan Lauts
TitleMeisterwerke der Staatlichen Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Place of PublicationHonnef/Rhine
Year of Publication1957
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Lilienfein 1942 39 pl. 7
AuthorHeinrich Lilienfein
TitleLukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1942
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Renner 1941 77, 214 pl. 2
AuthorAnna Maria Renner
TitleDie Kunstinventare der Markgrafen von Baden-Baden
Place of PublicationBühl-Baden
Year of Publication1941
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Gnirs 1933 163 ff.
AuthorGnirs
TitleHandbuch der sudetendeutschen Kulturgeschichte. Bd.8: Topographie der historischen und kunstgeschichtlichen Denkmale in dem Bezirke Karlsbad
SeriesHandbuch der sudetendeutschen Kulturgeschichte
Volume8
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication1933
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 45 80
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
Show Literature
Glaser 1923 108, 225 Fig. p. 109
AuthorCurt Glaser
TitleLukas Cranach
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1923
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923
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Esswein 1922 61 f.
AuthorHermann Eswein
TitleDie Kunst des L. Cranach und ihre Wurzel im Eros. Ganymed
JournalJahrbuch für deutsche Kunst
Issue4
Year of Publication1922
Pages41-70
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Heyck 1908 67 33
AuthorEduard Heyck
TitleLukas Cranach
SeriesKünstlermonographien
Volume95
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1908
Link https://archive.org/details/lukascranach01heycgoog
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Flechsig 1900 A 105
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Flechsig 1900 B pl. 34
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 No. 79
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Janitschek 1890 492
AuthorHubert Janitschek
TitleGeschichte der deutschen Malerei
SeriesGeschichte der deutschen Kunst
Volume3
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1890
Link https://archive.org/details/geschichtederdeu03jani
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Parthey 1863-1864 685 (vol. 1) 123
AuthorGustav Parthey
TitleDeutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1864
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Technical studies

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush?

Type/Ductus:

- an underdrawing is barely visible

- thin lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; where visible lines delineate contours; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- almost no alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2011Technical Examination

Support

- wooden panel, boards vertically aligned

- probably covered with a horizontal fibre application on the recto

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

Condition Reports

Date2011

  • panel thinned and cradled

  • trimmed on all four edges, about the width of the edge left without ground, less on the left side

[Heydenreich, cda 2011]

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