The Virgin and Child with a Cake

Title

The Virgin and Child with a Cake

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 35]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood	[Cat. Budapest 2003, 34]
hardwood	[cda 2014]

The Virgin is depicted as a half-length figure, sitting frontally and supporting the naked infant Christ on her lap with both hands. The infant holds a piece of bread in his left hand. There is a room in the background that opens out into a landscape through an arched door.

Attribution: Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 35]

Production date: about 1600

Production date

about 1600

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 35]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 88.8 (li.) / 88.5 (re.) x 67.7 x 0.7 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 88.8 (li.) / 88.5 (re.) x 67.7 x 0.7 cm
[cda 2014]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels

on the reverse: paper label
[cda 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

- on the reverse: paper label
[cda 2014]

Owner: Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository: Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location: Budapest

CDA ID: HU_SMB_904
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_904/

Provenance

imperial collection Vienna
from the Hungarian National Museum
[Cat. Budapest 2003, 35]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Budapest 2003

Editor	Ildikó Ember, István Takács
Title	Museum of Fine Arts Budapest. Old Masters' Gallery. Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3: German, Austrian, Bohemian and British Paintings
Volume	3
Place of Publication	Budapest
Year of Publication	2003

Show Literature

Garas 2001

395

Author	Klára Garas
Title	A budai vár egykori gyujteménye. Képek a Szépmuvészeti Múzeumban
Publication	in Tanulmányok Budapest múltjából XXIX. A budavári királyi palota évszázadai. Kiállítás és konferencia
Place of Publication	Budapest
Year of Publication	2001
Pages	381-410

Show Literature

Cat. Budapest 1967

169

Author	Andor Pigler
Title	Katalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of Publication	Budapest
Year of Publication	1967

Show Literature

The Virgin and Child with a Cake, about 1600

Images

Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

UV-light photography

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared Reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Support

- hardwood panel consisting of 3 boards vertically aligned, dimensions (recto): 17.4 (l.), 12.6; 12.0; 25.7 (r.)

- numerous knots are visible on the reverse, irregularities in the wood can be discerned in the painted surface (e.g. Jesus's knee)

- recto, there is a wooden insert, 2 cm in width, 2.5 cm from the left edge

Ground and Imprimatura

- the white ground extends to the edge of the panel on the painted side; at the top it ends 0.4 cm before the edge and at the bottom it ends 0.7 cm before the edge

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the painted surface extends to the edge of the panel at the sides

- impasto paint application of the Virgin's blue mantle

[Herrschaft, cda 2014]

Condition Reports

Date2014 -

the joins are visible in the painted surface
some retouches, particularly along the joins
yellowed varnish, partial losses, particularly in the area of the Virgin's shoulder
very fine network of craquelée, barely visible

examined by Jana Herrschaft

Versions

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