Virgin and Child

Title

Virgin and Child

[cda 2018]

painting on wood (?)

Medium

painting on wood (?)

[cda 2018]

The Virgin holds the infant Christ in her arms and he stretches his hands out to embrace her. Her curled locks cascade over her shoulders and down her back. The background is dark.

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2018]

Production date: about 1518 - 1520

Production date

about 1518 - 1520

[cda 2018]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 42,5 x 28 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 42,5 x 28 cm
[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the archive D. Koepplin, 1972]

Signature / Dating: "Das Gemälde ist oder war bezeichnet: Schlangensignet und datiert "1516" (authentisch?)" (The painting is or was signed with the serpent insignia and dated '1516' (genuine?))

Signature / Dating

"Das Gemälde ist oder war bezeichnet: Schlangensignet und datiert "1516" (authentisch?)" (The painting is or was signed with the serpent insignia and dated '1516' (genuine?))
[handwritten annotation, reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin archive]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P234
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P234/

Provenance

private collection, Munich
private collection, Cologne (?)
sold to London
1972 private collection, Lünen, Germany
[handwritten annotation by D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin archive, 1972]

Research History / Discussion

Expertises by both Friedländer and Buchner

[a handwritten annotation by D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the D. Koepplin archive, 1972]

Virgin and Child, about 1518 - 1520

Images

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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-P234/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'Virgin and Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P234/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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