Christ blessing the children

Christ blessing the children

Titles

Christ blessing the children

[cda 2017]

'Christ suffering the children to come unto him'

[Christie's Online Database; http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/circle-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-suffering-4987534-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4987534&sid=8310ec08-58b9-468b-9182-1cc2a051b2cd; accessed 13 Sept. 2017]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Christie's Online Database; http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/circle-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-suffering-4987534-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4987534&sid=8310ec08-58b9-468b-9182-1cc2a051b2cd; accessed 13 Sept. 2017]

Christ stands in the centre of this rectangular composition shifted slightly to the right 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

Christ stands in the centre of this rectangular composition shifted slightly to the right 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]

Attributions
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Christie's Online Database; http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/circle-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-suffering-4987534-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4987534&sid=8310ec08-58b9-468b-9182-1cc2a051b2cd; accessed 13 Sept. 2017]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Auct. Cat. Cologne 1996, lot 1026]

Production date
about 1556

Production date

about 1556

[cda 2017]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 82.6 x 121.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 82.6 x 121.8 cm

  • [Christie's Online Database; http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/circle-of-lucas-cranach-ii-christ-suffering-4987534-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4987534&sid=8310ec08-58b9-468b-9182-1cc2a051b2cd; accessed 13 Sept. 2017]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

On top edge: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . MARCVS AM X .'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • On top edge:

  • 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE . MARCVS AM X .'

  • [cda 2017]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P180
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P180/

Provenance

  • Lempertz, Cologne, 18 May 1996, lot 1026
  • Christie's Amsterdam, 14 Nov. 2007 (Sale 2769), lot 144
    [written notice, 11 Sept. 2017]
  • the property of Norbert Fischmann, Munich, when both the edition of 'Art News' from 21. April 1928 and the edition of 'International Studio' from Juli 1931 were published; Edith Weinberger Collection, Munich; auction catalogue Weinmüller 15./16.06.1939, lot 620 (vendor B 72); present location is unknown
    See also the entry in the Lost Art-Database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 449576; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Verlust/449576 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019)

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Auct. Cat. Cologne 1996 17 lot 1026
EditorKunsthaus Lempertz
TitleKunsthaus Lempertz: Alte Kunst: Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Skulpturen, [Samstag, May 18, 1996]
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1996
Show Literature
Auct. Cat. Munich 1939 44 lot 620
EditorAuktionshaus Weinmüller, Munich
TitleMünchener Kunstversteigerungshaus Adolf Weinmüller: Antiquitäten, Möbel, Waffen: Gemälde und Plastik des 15. - 20. Jahrh., Teppiche und Gobelins, aus süddeutschem Besitz, [15./16. Jun. 1939]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1939
Show Literature
Art News 1928
Authorn. a.
Title[Advertisment]
JournalArt News
IssueApril 21, 1928
Year of Publication1928
Show Literature
  • Christ blessing the children, about 1556

Images

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Condition Reports

Date1996

Panel cradeled

[Auct. Cat. Cologne 1996, lot 1026]

Versions

Suffer the little children to come unto me
  • Suffer the little children to come unto me, 1556
  • DE_KsDW_I-56
  • Painting
  • Kulturstiftung Dessau Wörlitz
Christ blessing the Children
  • Christ blessing the Children, after 1537
  • NO_TKL_NONE-TKL001
  • Painting
  • Treenighetskirke, Larvik
Christ blessing the Children
  • Christ blessing the Children, after 1537
  • PL_ZKWK_1716
  • Painting
  • Panstwowe Zbiory Sztuki Kraków

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