Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Title

Virgin and Child

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388]

The Virgin as a seated half-length figure against a black background. She supports the standing figure of the infant Christ with both hands. The Child puts a grape in his mouth. A veil covers the Virgin's head, but does not hide her long blond hair.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wittmann 1998, 179][Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 75,3 x 58.3 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 75,3 x 58.3 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent with dropped wings

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P129
FR (1978) Nr.
FR388
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P129/

Provenance

  • Vienna, Baron Grundherr
  • 1921 Berlin, Gallery Bachstitz
  • 1932 Berlin, collection Dr. J. Goldschmidt
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388]
    Jakob Goldschmidt Collection, Berlin, auctioned on the 11/12.03.1938 by Math. Lempertz, Cologne. Cat. no.: 74 (Auktionshaus Hugo Helbing, 1936); 103 (Math. Lempertz, 1938)
    See also the entry in the Lost Art-Database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 570642; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Verlust/570642 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Wittmann 1998 179 Fig. 20.6
AuthorJan Wittmann
TitleDie Bedeutung des Marienbildes im Schaffen Cranachs
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, eds., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Link http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/volltexte/2012/2050
Pages169-180
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 148-149 388 388
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 313 313 (image inverted)
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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