The Virgin and Child holding an Apple

The Virgin and Child holding an Apple

Title

The Virgin and Child holding an Apple

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 81]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 81]

The Virgin is depicted seated against a dark background. She wears a voluminous dress and looks out at the viewer. Her curly hair is covered with a white cloth, that untypically for Cranach is not executed as a transparent veil. The naked infant Christ stands on her knee and offers

The Virgin is depicted seated against a dark background. She wears a voluminous dress and looks out at the viewer. Her curly hair is covered with a white cloth, that untypically for Cranach is not executed as a transparent veil. The naked infant Christ stands on her knee and offers his mother an apple.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 81]

Production date
1516

Production date

1516

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimension of support: 51 x 33.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimension of support: 51 x 33.5 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 81]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent with elevated wings and date '1516'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent with elevated wings and date '1516'

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P062
FR (1978) Nr.
FR081
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P062/

Provenance

  • Stuttgart, private collection
  • Leipzig, V. Thieme Collection
  • Berlin, Van Diemen & Co (1928)
  • Boizenburg a. d. Elbe, H. Duensing Collection (1932)
  • London, Mrs. I. Patten Collection (1962)
  • Dr. Hans Wetzlar art sale, Amsterdam (Sotheby Mak van Waay), 9 June 1977, lot no. 56
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 81]

Exhibitions

Erfurt 1903, No. 97

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 86 81
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 074
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Exhib. Cat. Erfurt 1903 097
EditorOskar Doering
TitleKatalog der kunstgeschichtlichen Ausstellung zu Erfurt, September 1903
Place of PublicationMagdeburg
Year of Publication1903
Link https://archive.org/details/katalogderkunstg00ange/page/n1/mode/2up
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