The Virgin and Child

Title

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de référence: F13289]

A half-length depiction of the Virgin with a floral wreath on her head and the infant Christ at her breast, shown against a dark background.

Attributions: Lucas Cranach der Ältere
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach der Ältere	[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de référence: F13289]
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder	[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/mnrbis_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_98=TOUT&VALUE_98=cranach&NUMBER=4&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28cranach%29%20%3aTOUT%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%244P&SPEC=&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=1&MAX3=50&DOM=All] (accessed 15.10.2015)

Production date: um 1500 - 1599

Production date

um 1500 - 1599

[Paris, C2RMF, numéro de référence: F13289]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 19 x 13 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 19 x 13 cm
[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/mnrbis_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_98=TOUT&VALUE_98=cranach&NUMBER=4&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28cranach%29%20%3aTOUT%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%244P&SPEC=&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=1&MAX3=50&DOM=All]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the top right edge: serpent (with dropped wings) facing left, in light paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right edge: serpent (with dropped wings) facing left, in light paint

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse on the cradle:

label with a handwritten note:
'CRANACH
Vierge à l'enfant
MNR 355
Louvre'
stenciled: '27'

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse on the cradle:
- label with a handwritten note:
'CRANACH
Vierge à l'enfant
MNR 355
Louvre'
- stenciled: '27'

Owner: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Repository: Musée du Louvre, Paris
Location: Paris

CDA ID: F_MdLP_MNR355
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_MNR355/

Provenance

14.05.1941: bought for 4 000 (RM or F ?) by Welz (Salzburg) at the Galerie Cambacéres, Paris
1943: transported to St Gilgen and in April 1944 exchanged for nine paintings (with the nos. 564 - 572) in the inventory of the Landesgalerie [1].
1950: transferred to the Musée du Louvre by the l'Office des Biens et Intérêts Privés.

[1] MAEE/ARD/RA/C 576 R 27

[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/mnrbis_fr?ACTION=RETROUVER&FIELD_98=TOUT&VALUE_98=cranach&NUMBER=4&GRP=0&REQ=%28%28cranach%29%20%3aTOUT%20%29&USRNAME=nobody&USRPWD=4%244P&SPEC=&SYN=1&IMLY=&MAX1=1&MAX2=1&MAX3=50&DOM=All] (accessed 15.10.2015)

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Koller 2000

119, 144, 222

Author	F. Koller
Title	Das Inventarbuch der Landesgalerie Salzburg 1942-1944
Place of Publication	Salzburg
Year of Publication	2000

Show Literature

The Virgin and Child, um 1500 - 1599

Images

Technical studies

Support

- the wooden support has a cradle on the reverse

[see image of the reverse]

Infrared reflectography

photographed by Le Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF)

UV-light photography

photographed by Le Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF)

X-radiography

created by Le Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France (C2RMF)

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'The Virgin and Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_MNR355/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'The Virgin and Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MdLP_MNR355/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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