Virgin and Child

Titles

Virgin and Child	[cda 2021]
The Virgin offering the Child a Plate of Cherries	[Dorotheum, online database, accessed 02.03.2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood	[cda 2021]
Painting on fir wood	[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 32]

The painting shows the Virgin and Child against the backdrop of a mountainous landscape. The naked infant stands on a velvet cushion and is gently supported by his mother. She has inclined her head and looks with affection at her son, while offering him cherries and pea pods on a plate. She wears a plain mantle over her simple robe, and her hair is loosely bound at the nape of the neck. In the background on the right the characteristic castle is perched on top of a promontory.

[cda 2021]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Dorotheum online database, accessed 02.03.2021] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 32]

Production date: about 1516 - 1518

Production date

about 1516 - 1518

[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 32]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 57 x 33 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 57 x 33 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 32]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P204
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P204/

Provenance

listed in the 1933 catalogue of paintings newly acquired by the Staatliche Museen Berlin (no. 282) [1]
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 32]
1936 transferred from the Dresdner Bank to the collection of the Gemäldegalerie (inv. no. 2125) [2]
1961 restitution of the painting to the family Feist Erlen [3]
sold at the Dorotheum, Vienna on 04.10.2006, lot 273 [4]

[1] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 32]
[2] [Note on a glass plate negative, smbGG photographic archive]
[3] '1961 abgegeben' (handed over) [Cat. Berlin 1996, 615]
[4] [Dorotheum online database, accessed 02.03.2021]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, no. 32

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Berlin 1996

615

Author	Rainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1996

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

032

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Research History / Discussion

Judging from the photograph the painting appears to be cropped on all four sides. The remains of a family coat of arms is visible at the bottom left corner.

[cda 2021]

Virgin and Child, about 1516 - 1518

Images

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Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Virgin and Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P204/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
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