The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Title

The Virgin and Child

[cda 2023]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Uffizi online, accessed 23.08.2023]

The Virgin as a half-length figure is seated against a black background facing the viewer, with long fair hair falling over her shoulders. She wears a red robe, and, on her lap, she supports the standing figure of the infant Christ with both hands. He looks inquiringly at the viewer

The Virgin as a half-length figure is seated against a black background facing the viewer, with long fair hair falling over her shoulders. She wears a red robe, and, on her lap, she supports the standing figure of the infant Christ with both hands. He looks inquiringly at the viewer with his head tilted to one side and while grasping his mother’s thumb with his left hand he plucks a grape from the bunch she is holding with his other one.

[cda 2023]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Uffizi online, accessed 23.08.2023]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388D]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 79 x 54 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with dropped wings

Owner
Museo Bardini
Repository
Museo Bardini
Location
Florence
CDA ID
IT_MSB_1068
FR (1978) Nr.
FR388D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/IT_MSB_1068/

Provenance

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 388D
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 87 313d
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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Auct. Cat. New York 1918 B 460
EditorAmerican Art Association
TitleThe Beautiful Art Treasures and Antiquities, the Property of Signor Stefano Bardini, The American Art Galleries, New York, 23-27.04.1918
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1918
Link https://archive.org/details/beautifultreasur00amer/page/n183/mode/2up
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Research History / Discussion

See also [beniculturali online catalogue, accessed 23.08.2023]

  • The Virgin and Child, after 1537

Images

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Conservation History

Date1978

Conservation treatment

[Uffizi online, accessed 23.08.2023]

  • conservation treatment by Massimo Seroni

Date1966

Conservation treatment

[Uffizi online, accessed 23.08.2023]

  • conservation treatment by G. Niccoli

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