Christ blessing the children

Christ blessing the children

Titles

Christ blessing the children

[cda 2017]

Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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Christ stands in the centre of this rectangular composition shifted to the left of the central axis and surrounded by a crowd of mothers with their children. He holds one of the children in his arms and has placed his hand over another's stomach. The mothers press in on him

Christ stands in the centre of this rectangular composition shifted to the left of the central axis and surrounded by a crowd of mothers with their children. He holds one of the children in his arms and has placed his hand over another's stomach. The mothers press in on him from either side. The apostles are visible in the top left corner and their defensive stance betrays their scepticism.

[Görres, cda 2017]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

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Production date
1538

Production date

1538

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 59.3 x 120 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 59.3 x 120 cm

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Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia and date at the top centre: serpent with dropped wings and dated '1538'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia and date at the top centre: serpent with dropped wings and dated '1538'

  • [cda 2017]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • on the top edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLEIN ZV IM . DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . S MARCVS AM …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • on the top edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLEIN ZV IM . DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . S MARCVS AM X'

  • [cda 2017]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P082
FR (1978) Nr.
FR362B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P082/

Provenance

  • the Ulveldt family, Vienna, before 1768
  • sent as a present by the last male member of the family, the grand chancellor Leo Ulveldt to his relative, Baron Hakvin Stiernblad of Torup, Sweden
  • by descent (the picture was sold by the family in 1932 but subsequently bought back) until Baron Stiernblad, Sweden
  • Christie's, London, 23 March 1973, lot 33
  • Anonymous sale
  • Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1985, lot 26
  • Acquired by private owner in the 1980s
  • Christie's, London, 4 Dec 2012, lot 3
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Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 141 362B
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 83 291b
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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Granberg 1911-1913 vol. III, 261
AuthorOlof Granberg
TitleInventaire général des trésors d'art-peintures & sculptures, principalement de maitres étrangérs (non scandinaves)-en Suède
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1911
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  • Christ blessing the children, 1538

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