Saint John the Baptist preaching in the Wilderness

Title

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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Attributions: Follower of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Copy after / Workshop or Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Sotheby's online database; http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/old-master-early-british-paintings-l09631/lot.4.html?locale=en; accessed 20-03-2019]
Copy after / Workshop or Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	[cda 2019]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Hans-Jürgen Buderer, Michael Hofbauer, Exhib. Cat. Mannheim 2011, 26-27] [Exhib. Cat. Saarbrücken 1954, 13, no. 8]

Production dates: after 1520
about 1515 - 1517

Production dates

after 1520	(?) [cda 2019]
about 1515 - 1517	[Hans-Jürgen Buderer, Michael Hofbauer, Exhib. Cat. Mannheim 2011, 26-27]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 28 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 28 cm
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Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P263
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P263/

Provenance

possibly in the Schröder Collection, 1954 [1]
22.04.2009 sold by Sotheby's, London
[1] [Exhib. Cat. Saarbrücken 1954, 13, no. 8]
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Exhibitions

Saarbrücken 1954, no. 8
Rouen 1954
Mannheim 2011 (on permanent loan, private collection)
Erfurt 2017

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Mannheim 2011

26-27

No. 2

Editor	Alfried Wieczorek, Hans-Jürgen Buderer
Title	Meisterhaft. Von Cranach d. Ä. bis Kobell [Mannheim, Museum Zeughaus]
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2011

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Exhib. Cat. Rouen 1954

008

Fig. no. 8

Editor	Edgar Jené, Hubert Guillet
Title	Peintures étranges. Chefs-d'oeuvre oubliés ou peu connus [Rouen, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, 01.07 - 30.09.1954]
Place of Publication	Paris
Year of Publication	1954

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Exhib. Cat. Saarbrücken 1954

008

Fig. no. 8

Editor	Edgar Jené
Title	Vergessene oder wenig bekannte Meisterwerke [Saarbrücken, Saarland-Museum 01-30.06.1954]
Place of Publication	Paris
Year of Publication	1954

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Research History / Discussion

Copy after or similar to: [DE_MB_NONE-MB001] (40.5 x 26.6 cm; the dimensions are almost identical); the composition is the same as Cranach's woodcut 'St John's Sermon' from 1516 (Geisberg IV, 20).

[cda 2019]

Saint John the Baptist preaching in the Wilderness, after 1520

Images

Versions

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