The Magdalen seated before a tree

Title

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood	[[Kunstmuseum Basel online database, accessed 28.08.2020]
Painting on limewood	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

The saint is shown as a full-length seated figure, sumptuously dressed and holding an ointment jar in her hands. In the background the image shows the saint, who had spent many years of penance in the wilderness, being carried up to heaven by angels.

[cda 2016]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	Kunstmuseum Basel online database accessed 20.09.2023](http://sammlungonline.kunstmuseumbasel.ch/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=38355&viewType=detailView); [Brinkmann 2017 B, 26]; ['?',Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder	"ist wohl Kopie nach [...]" (copy after) [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 166, Fn. 144]

Production date: about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 41 x 26 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 41 x 26 cm
[Kunstmuseum Basel online database accessed 28.08.2020]
Dimensions of support: 40 x 26 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Kunstmuseum Basel
Repository: Kunstmuseum Basel
Location: Basel

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P119
FR (1978) Nr.: FR157
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P119/

Provenance

1932 Basel, A. le Grand Collection
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 157]
Kunstmuseum Basel, gifted from a private collection 2016 (Inv. G 2016.22)
[Kunstmuseum Basel online database, accessed 28.08.2020]

Exhibitions

Basel 1928, no. 9

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Brinkmann 2017 B

Fig. p. 27

Author	Bodo Brinkmann
Title	Schenkungen
Journal	Kunstmuseum Basel Jahresbericht
Issue	2016
Year of Publication	2017
Link	https://kunstmuseumbasel.ch/de/museum/jahresberichte
Pages	26-27

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

102

157

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

541

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

134

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1928

Editor	Kunstverein Basel
Title	Ausstellung von Kunstwerken des 15. bis 18. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, [Basel, Kunstverein]
Place of Publication	Basel
Year of Publication	1928

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Research History / Discussion

According to Koepplin this painting is a copy after [CDA.PRIVATE_NONE-P613]

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976, 166, Fn. 144]

The Magdalen seated before a tree, about 1525

Images

Conservation History

Date2016 - 2017

Conservation treatment in winter 2016/17

[Kunstmuseum Basel online database, accessed 20.09.2023]

Versions

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Entry with author: <author's name>, 'The Magdalen seated before a tree', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P119/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
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