Christ Blessing the Children

Christ Blessing the Children

Title

Christ Blessing the Children

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Painting on pear wood

Medium

Painting on pear wood

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Christ stands in the middle, holding a little child on one arm while he blesses the attending parents' children with the other.

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 56.5 x 74.0 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 56.5 x 74.0 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 66.5 x 85.5 x 1.5 cm

  • [Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: winged serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia: winged serpent with dropped wings

  • [Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Owner
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Repository
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Location
Copenhagen
CDA ID
DK_SMK_KMS2087
FR (1978) Nr.
FR362F
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DK_SMK_KMS2087/

Provenance

  • recorded in the Gottorf Inventory from 1710
  • recorded in the Gottorf Inventory from 1743, which was used by delivery to the Art Chamber in Copenhagen 1759 (p. 59f).

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Kunstforeningen, Gl. Strand, 1896
Stockholm, 1988
Sølvgade, Copenhagen 2002

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Poulsen 2015 A 65, 68 Fig. 2
AuthorHanne Kolind Poulsen
TitleCranachs Bildsprache und der neue lutherische Glaube
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages63-71
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Kolind Poulsen 2003 135, 136 Fig. 9
AuthorHanne Kolind Poulsen
TitleFläche, Blick und Erinnerung. Cranachs Venus und Cupido als Honigdieb im Licht der Bildtheologie Luthers
Publicationin Heinz Spielmann, Werner Schade, eds., Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne, Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Pages130-143
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Exhib. Cat. Copenhagen 2002 35, 38, 68 No. 16 Fig. p. 38
AuthorHanne Kolind Poulsen
TitleCranach [Statens Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen]
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
Year of Publication2002
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Exhib. Cat. Schleswig 1997 544 (Vol. 1); 363 (Vol. 2) No. 174 (Vol. 1); No. 422 (Vol. 2) Fig. 261
EditorJan Drees, Heinz Spielmann
TitleGottorf im Glanz des Barock. Kunst und Kultur am Schleswiger Hof 1544-1713. Bd. 1: Die Herzöge und ihre Sammlung
Volume1
Place of PublicationSchleswig
Year of Publication1997
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Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988 88 No. 73 Plate p. 89
EditorNationalmuseum, Stockholm
TitleCranach och den tyska renässancen
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1988
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 362F
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 291e
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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Wanscher 1915 157
AuthorVilhelm Wanscher
TitleOm farvekomposition hos de gamle mestre
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
Year of Publication1915
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Fett 1911 5
AuthorHarry Fett
TitleNorges Kirker i det 16de og 17de Aarhundrede
Place of PublicationKristiania
Year of Publication1911
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Exhib. Cat. Copenhagen 1896
Authorn. a.
TitleBilleder af gammel kunst udstillede I Kunstforeningen [Kunstforeningen, Gl. Strand, Copenhagen]
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
Year of Publication1896
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  • Christ Blessing the Children, after 1537

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

09.11.2013Technical Examination

Support

The wooden support consists of three parts of wood and is approx. 1,5 cm thick.

The two joints on the back of the painting are filled with some white filler.

Framing

- Unknown whether the frame is the original.

[Mette Kokkenborg, Statens Museum for Kunst, 2013]

1965 - 1966Scientific analysis

  • Micro-sampling / cross-sections

Condition Reports

Date01. 1966

see pdf

  • examined by Ole Alkærsig

Conservation History

Date08. 1988

see pdf

  • conservation treatment by Ane Hacke

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