The Virgin and Child with a Cake

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]

Dating: about 1600

Dating

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

Labels: - on the reverse: paper label
[cda 2014]

Labels

later inscription, 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

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