The Virgin and Child with St John as a boy

The Virgin and Child with St John as a boy

Title

The Virgin and Child with St John as a boy

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Page from an auction catalogue: Christie's London in the D. Koepplin Archive, 2009]

The Virgin is shown as a half-length seated figure in front of a landscape. She supports the infant Christ on her lap with her left hand and holds the hand of the young St John in her right hand. Christ gives him an apple. Behind the Virgin is a curtain

The Virgin is shown as a half-length seated figure in front of a landscape. She supports the infant Christ on her lap with her left hand and holds the hand of the young St John in her right hand. Christ gives him an apple. Behind the Virgin is a curtain held by two Putti.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[page of an auction catalogue Christie's London in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2009]

Production dates
15[12?]
about 1525

Production dates

15[12?]

[dated]

about 1525

[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on a letter from Christie's London in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2009]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support:

  • 41.6 x 28.6 cm

  • [page of an auction catalogue Christie's London in the D. Koepplin Archive, 2009]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the mountain left edge: monogram 'LC' and dating '15[12?]'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the mountain left edge: monogram 'LC' and dating '15[12?]'

  • ['false signature', handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on a letter from Christie's London in the D. Koepplin Archive, 2009]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P081
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P081/

Provenance

  • 09.11.1954 sale Frederick Muller, Amsterdam
  • 08.07.2009 Christie's, London, Lot 198
    [Page from an auction catalogue: Christie's London in the D. Koepplin Archive, 2009]
  • The Virgin and Child with St John as a boy, 15[12?]

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