Charity

Title

Charity

[cda 2014]

Painting on beech wood (?)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (?)

[Handwritten annotation D. Koepplin beneath a picture in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Charity - the personification of benevolence - is depicted as a woman shrouded only by a thin veil and seated against a dark background. She nurtures a child in her arms and has turned her attention to another child standing behind her. At the left edge of the painting a

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger	'wahrscheinlich Cranach d. J. aber Cranach d. Ä. nicht auszuschließen' (possibly Cranach the Younger but Cranach the Elder not to exclude) [Letter D. Koepplin to Van Ham in the Archive D. Koepplin, 09.2006]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer expertise, handwritten annotation D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Production dates: about 1545
about 1530

Production dates

about 1545	[Letter D. Koepplin to Van Ham in the Archive D. Koepplin, 09.2006]
about 1530	[Friedländer expertise, handwritten annotation D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

Dimensions of support:
20.3 x 14.7 cm
[Letter D. Koepplin to Van Ham in the Archive D. Koepplin, 09.2006]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse: - label with handwritten annotation:
'L. Cranach (... Monogr.)
H. 8' Br. 6'' a. H. g. R.
46. …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse: - label with handwritten annotation:
'L. Cranach (... Monogr.)
H. 8' Br. 6'' a. H. g. R.
1. Charitas; eine sitzende nackte Frau mit drei Kindern, deren jüngstes sie an der Brust hat. Ein sicher echtes und vortrefflich erhaltenes Bild'
- 4 circular stamps

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P070
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P070/

Provenance

09.1935 auctioned at Fischer, Luzern, No. 2100
10.1937 Galerie Dr. Willi Raeber, Basel
Private collection, Aachen
[Letter D. Koepplin to Van Ham in the D. Koepplin Archive, 09.2006]
17.11.2006 Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Cologne, No. 964
[Handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on a letter in the D. Koepplin Archive, 04.2007]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Koepplin 2007 B

63, 65

Author	Dieter Koepplin
Title	Cranachs Bilder der Caritas im theologischen und humanistischen Geiste Luthers und Melanchthons
Publication	in Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt]
Place of Publication	Ostfildern
Year of Publication	2007
Pages	63-79

Show Literature

Charity, about 1545

Images

Condition Reports

Date09. 2006 -

The edges of the panel are bevelled on the reverse to a thickness of 2 mm. In good condition, small losses on the left edge, only slightly abraded, overcleaned, the artist's insignia is abraded

[Letter D. Koepplin to Van Ham in the D. Koepplin Archive, 09.2006]

examined by Dieter Koepplin

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Charity', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P070/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'Charity', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P070/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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