Virgin and Child before a hanging held by an angel

Virgin and Child before a hanging held by an angel

Title

Virgin and Child before a hanging held by an angel

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 161]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 161]

Both mother and child look benignly out of the picture at the viewer. The infant clings to his mother's neck and she supports him with both hands. A single angel holds up a dark curtain, which separates the mother and child from an expansive landscape that is visible in the

Both mother and child look benignly out of the picture at the viewer. The infant clings to his mother's neck and she supports him with both hands. A single angel holds up a dark curtain, which separates the mother and child from an expansive landscape that is visible in the top left corner of the composition.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 161]

Production date
about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 161]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 57 x 38 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 57 x 38 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 161]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Parafia Katolicka sw. Erazma (Catholic Parish St Erasmus), Sulmierzyce
Repository
Unknown
CDA ID
PL_PKES-Lost_NONE-001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR161
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_PKES-Lost_NONE-001/

Provenance

  • Czestochowa, Poland, episcopal palace
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 161]
  • 17/18 Oct 1995 stolen from church St Erasmus in Sulmierzyce
    [homepage of parish; http://parafia-sulmierzyce.pl/; accessed 13 Jan 2016]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 103 161 161
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Bialostocki, Walicki 1957 493 No. 113
AuthorJan Bialostocki, Michal Walicki
TitleEuropäische Malerei in polnischen Sammlungen, 1300 - 1800
Place of PublicationWarsaw
Year of Publication1957
Show Literature
  • Virgin and Child before a hanging held by an angel, about 1525

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