Christ blessing the children

Christ blessing the children

Title

Christ blessing the children

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 363]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 363]

Numerous heads and bodies fill the rectangular composition of the painting. Christ stands to the left of the central axis surrounded by a crowd of mothers with their children. He has placed his right hand on the chest of a child held forward by his mother. On his other arm

Numerous heads and bodies fill the rectangular composition of the painting. Christ stands to the left of the central axis surrounded by a crowd of mothers with their children. He has placed his right hand on the chest of a child held forward by his mother. On his other arm he carries an infant, who cuddles up to his cheek. In the foreground a mother shown with her back to the viewer closes the human circle around Christ. Bending backward she attempts pull her little daughter closer to Christ with her right hand. The crowded space continues on the left side of the image where a group of apostles has gathered. St Peter has turned his bald head to the left and appears to be in conversation with the apostle Paul. The faces and heads of the rest of the disciples are visible behind them.

[Daniel Görres, cda 2018]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 363]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 363]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 35 x 48 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 35 x 48 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 363]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top right: winged serpent

  • [cda 2018]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLEIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE. MARCVS CX'
    [Wilkojc 2012, no. 11]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top: 'VND SIE BRACHTEN KINDLEIN ZV IM DAS ER SIE ANRVRETE. MARCVS CX'

  • [Wilkojc 2012, no. 11]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P212
FR (1978) Nr.
FR363
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P212/

Provenance

  • Cleveland, Ohio, Collection Charles E. Rosemann Jr.
  • London, Auction Christie's, 24-25 July 1969, no. 236
  • Houston, Texas, University of St. Thomas
  • Private collection
    [cda 2018]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Wilkojc 2012 11
AuthorEwa Wilkojc
TitleChrist blessing the children by Lucas Cranach the Elder in the collection of the Wawel Royal Castle: study and conservation
Place of PublicationKrakow
Year of Publication2012
Show Literature
Andersson 1981 59, n. 57
AuthorChristiane D. Anderson
TitleReligiöse Bilder Cranachs im Dienste der Reformation
Publicationin L.W. Spitz, ed., Humanismus und Reformation als kulturelle Kräfte in der Deutschen Geschichte
Place of PublicationBerlin, New York
Year of Publication1981
Pages43-76
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 363
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
  • Christ blessing the children, about 1540

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