The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes

The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes

Title

The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood (?)

Medium

Painting on wood (?)

[cda 2020]

The Virgin is shown as a seated half-length figure, turned to her right against a dark background. She embraces supportively the infant Christ who stands on her lap, eating a bunch of grapes. A transparent veil covers the Virgin's head without hiding her long blond hair.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Letter from Neumeister, Munich to D. Koepplin, 30.07.1998; Koepplin Archive]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388C]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49.5 x 33 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49.5 x 33 cm

  • [handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom left edge (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom left edge (not genuine)

  • [D. Koepplin, handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P360
FR (1978) Nr.
FR388C
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P360/

Provenance

  • Hofrat Dr. Rittrich, sold 1862 (Leipzig)
    [Schuchardt 1871, 169, 170, no. 66]
  • 22.06.1895 sale Henry Doetsch, London, lot 236
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388C]
  • 1998, German art market (Neumeister, Munich?)
    [Letter from Neumeister to D. Koepplin, 30.07.1998; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 388C
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 87 313c
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Schuchardt 1871 169, 170 066
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Dritter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1871
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1871bd3
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  • The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes, after 1537

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