Charity, sitting

Charity, sitting

Title

Charity, sitting

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 406F]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 406F]

Charity sits near a tree on the right, nurturing a baby and been embraced by a little girl. A further two naked boys play on the left.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 406F]
Lucas Cranach the Younger	'sicheres Werk von Cranach d. J.' (surely a work by Cranach the Younger) [handwritten by D. Koepplin on a page from an auction catalogue, 1968; Koepplin Archive] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 119]

Production dates: after 1537
about 1540 - 1549

Production dates

after 1537	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 406F] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 119]
about 1540 - 1549	"1540er Jahre" [handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the page of an Auct. Cat. in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1968]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 48 x 75 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 48 x 75 cm
[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia right on tree: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia right on tree: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left
[cda 2014]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P042
FR (1978) Nr.: FR406F
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P042/

Provenance

Graf Enzenberg Collection, Jenbach, Austria
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 406F]
10.07.1968 Sotheby's London
30.06.1973 Sotheby's London
[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the Archive D. Koepplin]
2011 at De Jonckheere, Paris
[letter De Jonckheere in the Archive D. Koepplin, 05.2001]
06.03.2014 stolen from a private collection in Paris
[http://www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Works-of-art/Posters]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 119

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005

106 (English version 41)

under no. 25

Editor	Obrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
Title	Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of Publication	Prague
Year of Publication	2005

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

406F

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

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

45

119

Pl. 89

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

326f

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

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Research History / Discussion

1968 seen by D. Koepplin in London. In his opinion the painting is a work by Cranach the Younger.

[letter D. Koepplin to De Jonckheere in the Archive D. Koepplin, 05.2011]

Charity, sitting, after 1537

Images

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