Jesus und St John as Boys

Title

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 367]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 367]

This panel shows the infants Christ and St John the Baptist on a thin strip of pebbly ground against a black backdrop. Christ stands at the right on top of a skull and serpent, symbolizing the defeated devil and death. He holds the cross with his left hand and with his right hand he blesses St John who kneels before him with the Lamb of God at his side. Both boys have short blond curly hair and St John is wearing his characteristic fur cloth. Another version of this composition, albeit as a slightly smaller format, exists in the Kunstmuseum, Bern [CH_KMBe_G18-007].

[cda 2020]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 367]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	Kulturelles Erbe Köln, online database, accessed 22.02.2021](https://www.kulturelles-erbe-koeln.de/documents/obj/05023702) [cda 2020]
Lucas Cranach the Younger and workshop	[cda 2020]

Production dates: about 1538
1534

Production dates

about 1538	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 367]
1534	[Koepplin 1973 A, 224]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 57 x 34.7 x 2.9 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 57 x 34.7 x 2.9 cm
Dimensions including frame: 72.6 x 53 x 5.6 cm
[Museo Soumaya, online catalogue, accessed 05.01.2023]
(http://www.museosoumaya.org/obras/)
Dimensions of support: 55 x 33 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 367]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia bottom left: serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: serpent with dropped wings, facing right
[cda 2016]

Owner: Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
Repository: Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
Location: Mexico City

CDA ID: DE_WRMK-Lost_391
FR (1978) Nr.: FR367
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WRMK-Lost_391/

Provenance

recorded in the 1927/1939 catalogues of the Wallraf- Richartz Museum, Cologne, no. 391
no longer recorded in the catalogue from 1969
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, no. 293a] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 367]
Museo Soumaya, Mexico City, Inv. no. 3397
[Museo Soumaya, online catalogue, accessed 05.01.2023]
(http://www.museosoumaya.org/obras/)

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

144

367

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Koepplin 1973 A

224-225

Author	Dieter Koepplin
Title	Cranachs Ehebildnis des Johannes Cuspinian von 1502. Seine christlich-humanistische Bedeutung
Place of Publication	Düsseldorf
Year of Publication	1973
Link	https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.9938

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

293a

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Jesus und St John as Boys, about 1538

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