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

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)

Infrared reflectography

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

Support

- the wooden support has a cradle on the reverse

[see image of the reverse]

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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