'In this picture, the Virgin holds the Christ Child on her knee as the Infant Saint John the Baptist offers Him a bunch of grapes, all seated before a low wall, evoking the hortus conclusus. Behind them, three angels hold aloft a dark green velvet cloth-of-honour, decorated along the edges
'In this picture, the Virgin holds the Christ Child on her knee as the Infant Saint John the Baptist offers Him a bunch of grapes, all seated before a low wall, evoking the hortus conclusus. Behind them, three angels hold aloft a dark green velvet cloth-of-honour, decorated along the edges with floral gold embroidery. Beyond, at left, a wide river crossed by a bridge leads to a distant cityscape, evoking the Holy city of Jerusalem, though conceived as a contemporary Saxon town.'
[Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-younger-the-virgin-and-6238417-details.aspx?; accessed 05.03.2020]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-younger-the-virgin-and-6238417-details.aspx?; accessed 05.03.2020] |
- Production date
- after 1537
Production date
| after 1537 | [cda 2020] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 76.3 x 55.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 76.3 x 55.5 cm
[Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-younger-the-virgin-and-6238417-details.aspx?; accessed 05.03.2020]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia centre left, on the stone parapet: serpent with dropped wings
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia centre left, on the stone parapet: serpent with dropped wings
- Inscriptions and Labels
none
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
none
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P330
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P330/