Christ blessing the Children

Christ blessing the Children

Title

Christ blessing the Children

[Wilkojc 2012, 52, No.1]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Wilkojc 2012, 52, no.1]

This panel depicts Christ at the centre of a group of young women, offering him their children to bless. It is a knee-length composition against a dark background. The apostles crowd in skepically at the left edge.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wilkojc 2012, 52, No.1]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Wilkojc 2012, 52, No.1]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 77.5 x 122 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 77.5 x 122 cm

  • [Wilkojc 2012, 52, No.1]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription upper edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE. MARCVS AM X'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Inscription upper edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE. MARCVS AM X'

Owner
Panstwowe Zbiory Sztuki Kraków
Repository
Zamek Królewski na Wawelu (Wawel Royal Castle)
Location
Kraków
CDA ID
PL_ZKWK_1716
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_ZKWK_1716/

Provenance

  • acquired in 1922 by the director of the State Art Collection in Warsaw from Ignacy Dubowski, bishop of Luck
  • 1928 the painting was transferred to the Wawel Castle in Krakow
    [Wilkojc 2012, 100]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Wilkojc 2012 No. 1
AuthorEwa Wilkojc
TitleChrist blessing the children by Lucas Cranach the Elder in the collection of the Wawel Royal Castle: study and conservation
Place of PublicationKrakow
Year of Publication2012
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  • Christ blessing the Children, after 1537

Overall

File name: PL_ZKWK_1716_FR-none_2013_Overall
File type / description: Digital image
Date: 2013
Author & Rights: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Krakau
Source: Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Krakau

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Versions

Suffer the little children to come unto me
  • Suffer the little children to come unto me, 1556
  • DE_KsDW_I-56
  • Painting
  • Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Christ blessing the Children
  • Christ blessing the Children, after 1537
  • NO_TKL_NONE-TKL001
  • Painting
  • Treenighetskirke, Larvik
Christ blessing the children
  • Christ blessing the children, about 1556
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P180
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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Entry with no author
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