Madonna with Child

Title

Madonna with Child

[MNW online database, accessed 07.04.2022]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[E-mail, Michal Kowalczyk, 20.10.2020]

This fragmentary image shows the Virgin seated against a dark and neutral background gently supporting the infant Christ on her lap. She is wearing a red dress with a black neckline under a blue cloak with a green lining. The infant is naked and holds a fig in his left hand. This unusual symbol possibly alludes to his crucifixion and his third-day resurrection. Both the classical triangular composition and the traditional palette lend the image a certain gravitas.

[cda 2022]

Attributions: Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	or workshop? [E-mail von Aleksandra Janiszewska (MNW), 16.02.2022]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	or circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder? [E-mail von Aleksandra Janiszewska (MNW), 16.02.2022]

Production dates: before 1530 (?)
about 1500 - 1599

Production dates

before 1530 (?)	[E-mail Aleksandra Janiszewska (MNW), 16.02.2022]
about 1500 - 1599	[MNW online database, accessed 07.04.2022]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 78.5 x 52 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 78.5 x 52 cm
[MNW online database, accessed 07.04.2022]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels

on the reverse of the panel: - handwritten on a paper label: '884/169/71'

at the bottom right, in white paint: …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

on the reverse of the panel: - handwritten on a paper label: '884/169/71'
- at the bottom right, in white paint: 'M.Ob.2542'

Owner: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location: Warsaw

CDA ID: PL_MNW_MOb2542
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb2542/

Research History / Discussion

This panel seems to draw on Italian prototypes and can be associated with many of Cranach’s representations of the Virgin from the first decades of the 16th century.

[cda 2022]

Madonna with Child, before 1530 (?)

Images

Documents

PL_MNW_MOb2542_FR-none_2021_Report.pdf

Conservation History

Date2018 - 2020

Comprehensive conservation treatment as part of a master's degree. See pdf [Michal Kowalczyk 2021, unpublished Master thesis, Conservation Treatment]

conservation treatment by Michal Kowalczyk

Date1950

Further restoration work was carried out in 1950.

See pdf [Michal Kowalczyk 2021, 48; unpublished Master thesis, Conservation Treatment]

Date1700 - 1799

The painting was probably overpainted some time during the 18th century.

See pdf [Michal Kowalczyk 2021, 48; unpublished Master thesis, Conservation Treatment]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Madonna with Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb2542/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'Madonna with Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb2542/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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