The Virgin and Child with St Anne

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

Title

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[VMFA online collection, accessed 16.08.2018]

The painting shows St Anne supporting the naked infant Christ, who sits on her lap. The young looking Virgin stands opposite the child and offers him some grapes. St Anne's coat creates a triangular shape that frames the figures of the Virgin and child.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Handwritten annotation on the reverse of a photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[VMFA online collection, accessed 16.08.2018]

Production dates
about 1515
about 1510

Production dates

about 1515

[cda 2014]

about 1510

[VMFA online collection, accessed 16.08.2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support:

  • 14 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. (36.51 x 26.99 cm)

  • [Handwritten on the reverse of a photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Repository
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Location
Richmond
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P083
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P083/

Provenance

  • 1953 Private Collection, New York
    [Handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin Archive]
  • Newhouse Galleries, New York
  • purchased by Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in April 1953 (object number 53.21.1)
    [VMFA online collection, accessed 16.08.2018]
  • The Virgin and Child with St Anne, about 1515

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