St Anne after the Birth of the Virgin

Title

[Sotheby's online database: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l12037/lot.305.html?locale=en] (accessed 13.08.2019)

Painting on wood, transferred to canvas, laid on panel, a fragment

Medium

Painting on wood, transferred to canvas, laid on panel, a fragment

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This fragment shows St Anne on the right seated upright in bed, having just given birth to the Virgin. On the left hand side of the image three women stand at her bedside against the backdrop of a green curtain. The central figure offers her a bowl of soup.

[cda 2019]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Master of the Pflock Altarpiece

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Sotheby's online database: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l12037/lot.305.html?locale=en] (accessed 13.08.2019)
Master of the Pflock Altarpiece	tentative attribution [Dieter Koepplin; http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l12037/lot.305.html?locale=en] (accessed 13.08.2019)

Production date: about 1520 - 1540

Production date

about 1520 - 1540

? [cda 2019]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 66.5 x 54 cm; 26 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 66.5 x 54 cm; 26 1/8 x 21 1/4 in.
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Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels: none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

none

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P288
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P288/

Provenance

sold at Sotheby’s London, 06.12.2012, lot 305
[Sotheby's online database: http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/old-master-british-paintings-day-sale-l12037/lot.305.html?locale=en] (accessed 13.08.2019)

St Anne after the Birth of the Virgin, about 1520 - 1540

Images

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