The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and two Angels

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Dating: after 1537

Dating

after 1537

[cda 2019]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 50.5 x 36 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 50.5 x 36 cm
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Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at upper left side: serpent with dropped wings, facing right; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at upper left side: serpent with dropped wings, facing right; in yellow paint
[cda 2019]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P258
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P258/

Provenance

- Dr. Benedict & Co., Berlin
- Van Diemen Galleries, New York
- Mr. and Mrs. William Timken and bequeathed by Mrs. Timken in 1959 to
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- their sale, New York, Sotheby's, 1 June 1990, lot 3 (as attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder)
- anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's,16 May 1996, lot 21, for $55,000 (as attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder)
- 08.12.2011 sold by Sotheby's, London
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Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. New York 1980

37 (vol. 1)

Fig. 297 (vol. 2)

Author	Katharine Baetjer
Editor	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Title	European paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Volume	1-3
Place of Publication	New York
Year of Publication	1980

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Research History / Discussion

A near copy, attributed to the Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder, was offered at Hargesheimer & Günther Kunstauktionen, Düsseldorf, 17 September 2011, lot 71.

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The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and two Angels, after 1537

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