The Virgin and Child with St Anne

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

Title

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

[CDA 2010]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

St Anne sits on a stone bench with the infant Christ on her lap. The Virgin as a young girl sits beside them. Three angels hold a curtain like a baldachin above the group. Behind them there is mountain landscape.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production dates
about 1520
about 1518

Production dates

about 1520

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, 91, No. 105]

about 1518

[Cat. Berlin 1996, 34]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 42 x 27.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 42 x 27.9 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 52.4 x 38.2 cm

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia to the left of the stone bench: winged serpent with elevated wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia to the left of the stone bench: winged serpent with elevated wings

Owner
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location
Berlin
CDA ID
DE_smbGG_567A
FR (1978) Nr.
FR105
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_567A/

Provenance

  • until 1825 in the collection of Hans Albrecht of Derschau in Nuremberg (according to the auction catalogue it was painted for Dr. Christoph Scheurl).
  • in the collection of the Art Dealer Dr. Friedrich Campe, Nuremberg
  • 1852 in the collection of the town councillor Lampe, Leipzig
  • 1890 bequest from C. Lampe
    [Flechsig 1900, 105]
    [Amtliche Berichte 1890, No. 4]

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[DE_smbGG_567A_FR105_1890_Document.tif]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, 20, No. 30
Berlin 1973, No. 2
Basel 1974, No. 380

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Prague 2016 134, 139
EditorOlga Kotková
TitleCranach. Ze všech stran. From all sides.
Place of PublicationPrague
Year of Publication2016
Pages16-180
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Heydenreich 2007 A 396
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleLucas Cranach the Elder
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
Year of Publication2007
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/6116/2097/3099/Heydenreich_2007_Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder.pdf
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Cat. Berlin 1996 34 Fig. 62
AuthorRainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
EditorStaatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
TitleGemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1996
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 531 No. 380
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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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1973 No. 2
AuthorWilhelm H. Köhler, Frank Steigerwald
TitleLucas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1973
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 20 030 Pl. 30
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 92
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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Flechsig 1900 A 105
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleCranachstudien
Volume1
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link page/n5/mode/2up
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Prussia 1890 No. 4
Authorn. a.
TitleAmtliche Berichte aus den königlichen Kunstsammlungen
JournalJahrbuch der Preußischen Kunstsammlungen
IssueXI, 1. Oktober
Year of Publication1890
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Schuchardt 1851 C 80-81 329
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
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Documents

Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

Examined on the 03.10.1989

[cda 2014]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

01. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- the panel has a cradle on the reverse

- the wood species is limewood (Tilia sp.)

- dendrochronological examination was not possible as the panel exhibits extensive wood worm damage along both the bottom and top edges

  • written by Christine Unsinn

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