The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Title

The Virgin and Child

[cda 2020]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

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

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

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388F]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 148, No. 388F]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 80 x 59.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 80 x 59.7 cm

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

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P361
FR (1978) Nr.
FR388F
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P361/

Provenance

  • sale Anderson, New York, 13.04.1926, no. 35
    [Handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
  • Acquavella Sale Anderson, New York, 23.11.1926, no. 167A
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388F]
    [Handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 388F
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 313e
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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  • The Virgin and Child, after 1537

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