Jesus und St John as Boys

Jesus und St John as Boys

Title

Jesus und St John as Boys

[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

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 144 367 367
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Koepplin 1973 A 224-225
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleCranachs Ehebildnis des Johannes Cuspinian von 1502. Seine christlich-humanistische Bedeutung
Place of PublicationDüsseldorf
Year of Publication1973
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.9938
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 293a
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
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  • Jesus und St John as Boys, about 1538

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