Virgin with Child

Virgin with Child

Title

Virgin with Child

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 69-70]

Painting on spruce

Medium

Painting on spruce

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 69-70]

The infant Christ stands with one foot on a ledge and is held with one hand by his mother, who stands behind him. In her right hand the Virgin holds a bunch of grapes and the child has already put one in his mouth. A window in the top right

The infant Christ stands with one foot on a ledge and is held with one hand by his mother, who stands behind him. In her right hand the Virgin holds a bunch of grapes and the child has already put one in his mouth. A window in the top right corner offers a view into a mountainous landscape with a lake.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2012]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 69-70]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[?, Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 51]

Production dates
about 1600 or later
1530

Production dates

about 1600 or later

[cda 2012]

1530

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 69-70]

1550 - 1600

[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 51]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 67.5 x 54.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 67.5 x 54.5 cm

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 69-70]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent and date '1530', probably not original.

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent and date '1530', probably not original.

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location
Warsaw
CDA ID
PL_MNW_MOb2154
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb2154/

Provenance

  • during World War II taken to the collecting point at Rueckers (Lower Silesia)
  • since 1946 in the National Museum Warsaw
    [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 69-70]

Exhibitions

Kielce 1966
Wrocław 2017, no. 51

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 206-207 051 Fig. p. 207
EditorEwa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
TitleModa na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Cat. Warsaw 2000 69-70
AuthorBozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
TitleMalarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of PublicationWarsaw
Year of Publication2000
Show Literature
  • Virgin with Child, about 1600 or later

Images

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  • overall
  • reverse

Versions

Madonna and Child
  • Madonna and Child, about 1535
  • US_NGA_1953-3-1
  • Painting
  • National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
The Virgin and Child
  • The Virgin and Child, about 1600 or later
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P415
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
The Virgin and Child
  • The Virgin and Child, about 1535 - 1540 or later
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P625
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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