Virgin and Child adored by St John the Baptist as a boy

Virgin and Child adored by St John the Baptist as a boy

Title

Virgin and Child adored by St John the Baptist as a boy

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 51]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 51]

The Virgin is shown supporting the infant Christ on her lap with both hands. Her loose hair is covered by an almost transparent veil that extends over her forehead. Christ has turned towards the infant St John who stands at the right. Haloes with short golden rays decorate the heads

The Virgin is shown supporting the infant Christ on her lap with both hands. Her loose hair is covered by an almost transparent veil that extends over her forehead. Christ has turned towards the infant St John who stands at the right. Haloes with short golden rays decorate the heads of all three figures and the group is set against a mountainous landscape with a castle is visible in the background.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Letter from W. Schade to Herr Bartoschek, SPSG, 16.01.2007; Koepplin Archive]
[Letter from D. Koepplin to Herr Bartoschek, SPSG, 20.04.2007; Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 51]

Production date
about 1514

Production date

about 1514

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 51]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 42 x 29 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 42 x 29 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 51]

  • Dimensions of support: 42.7 x 29 cm

  • [Printed on a sheet of paper and corrected in pencil; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P199
FR (1978) Nr.
FR051
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P199/

Provenance

  • 1970 Leonard Koetser, London
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 51]
  • private collection, Germany
    [Printed on a sheet of paper; Koepplin Archive]

Exhibitions

Würzburg 1994, no. 9
Kronach 1995

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Würzburg 1994 24 009 Pl. p. 23
AuthorMichael Koller, Wolfgang Schneider, Jürgen Emmert
EditorJürgen Lenssen
TitleMaria-Hilf. Ein Cranach-Bild und seine Wirkung [Würzburg, Marmelsteiner Kabinett, 23.09 - 20.11.1994
Place of PublicationWürzburg
Year of Publication1994
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 51
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Research History / Discussion

Two further versions are known: a superior version (according to D. Koepplin [Letter from D. Koepplin to Herr Bartoschek, SPSG, 20.04.2007, Koepplin Archive]) in the Muzeul National Brukenthal [RO_MNB_217] and a now lost version attributed to an anoymous netherlandish artist and formerly in the Neues Palais, Potsdam (now the SPSG collection), inv. no. GK I 2036 [see SPSG 2004, 341, 342].

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  • Virgin and Child adored by St John the Baptist as a boy, about 1514

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  • Muzeul National Brukenthal

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