A trough containing the new born child surrounded by the ox and ass and small angels is positioned in the foreground parallel to the picture plane within a walled stable with a paved floor. The Virgin and Joseph, facing left, also knee before the Christ Child. At the top left
A trough containing the new born child surrounded by the ox and ass and small angels is positioned in the foreground parallel to the picture plane within a walled stable with a paved floor. The Virgin and Joseph, facing left, also knee before the Christ Child. At the top left there are more putti in a wreath of clouds. The shepherds look in through a large window in the right wall. In the background the annuciation by an angel to these very shepherds is shown. The Christmas image is kept in grey tones, dark vermilion red and moss green and is of decorative beauty.
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 20]
- Attribution
- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 20] |
- Production date
- about 1540 - 1550
Production date
about 1540 - 1550 | "40er Jahre 16. Jh." |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 76 x 56 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 76 x 56 cm
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 20]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia near the window: winged serpent (dropped wings)
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia near the window: winged serpent (dropped wings)
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 20]
- Owner
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
- Repository
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Museum Schloss Güstrow
- Location
- Schwerin
- CDA ID
- DE_SMS_G204
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMS_G204/