The Infant Jesus adored by the Infant St John the Baptist

The Infant Jesus adored by the Infant St John the Baptist

Titles

The Infant Jesus adored by the Infant St John the Baptist	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 222]
Christ and -st John the Baptist as Infants	[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 174, No. 82][cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 222]

The naked infant Christ stands with the cross in his arms on the left and blesses John who kneels on the right. He is shown with his attributes - the fur robe and the lamb.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 222]
[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 174, no. 82]

Production date: 1534

Production date

1534

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 34.5 x 23.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 34.5 x 23.5 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 222]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia and date at the left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1534'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia and date at the left: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1534'
[cda 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse: - label of a french auction, lot 2
[page of the Auct. Cat Sotheby's in the Archive …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse: - label of a french auction, lot 2
[page of the Auct. Cat Sotheby's in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1995]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P019
FR (1978) Nr.: FR222
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P019/

Provenance

Edward R. Bacon (1848-1915), New York
Albert Keller (1879-1939), New York, c. 1928
Mr. and Mrs. Drury W. Cooper, c. 1935-40, New Jersey
by decent to John M. Cooper, 1939, Princeton
sold at Sotheby's, New York, 12.01.1995, lot 10
private collection, USA
sold at Sotheby's, New York, 28.01.2016, lot 14
at Sotheby's, London, 8.12.2021, lot 3 (This lot has been withdrawn)
[Sotheby’s online database; accessed 15.04.2024]
sold at Hampel, Munich, 29.06.2023, lot 178
[Hampel online catalogue, accessed 15.08.2023]

Exhibitions

Düsseldorf 2017, no. 82

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017

174

No. 82

Editor	Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2017

Show Literature

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

222

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Show Literature

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

184

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

Show Literature

The Infant Jesus adored by the Infant St John the Baptist, 1534

Images

Technical studies

2017Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTIION

An underdrawing is not readily visible.

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2018]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

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