The Virgin and Child

Title

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388G]

The Virgin is shown as a seated half-length figure, turned to her right against a dark background. With one hand she supports the infant Christ, sitting on her lap. He has taken a grape from the bunch she holds out to him in her right hand. Her long flowing hair

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Attributions: Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder	[D. Koepplin, handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 388G]

Production dates: 1600 - 1699
after 1537

Production dates

1600 - 1699	[D. Koepplin, handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
after 1537	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388G]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 84.8 x 57.7 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 84.8 x 57.7 cm
[Handwritten annotation on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia top right [?]; not genuine

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right [?]; not genuine
[D. Koepplin, handwritten note on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P362
FR (1978) Nr.: FR388G
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P362/

Provenance

1925 (1927?) Galerie Heinemann, Munich [1]
possibly in Walter Schnackenberg's Collection [2]
1967 in the collection of Maria Luisa Gildemeister, Salzburg [3]
[1] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388G] and [Printed underneath a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
[2] [Printed on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
[3] [Handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

388G

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Show Literature

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

313f

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

D. Koepplin examined the painting in November, 1967: the dress is burgundy red, the lining of the Virgin's mantle is blue and the outer side shimmers lightish brown to green (instead of the usual yellow colour) and the signature at the top right is not original, the wings are without form. He considers it to be a 17th century copy (barock highlights on the grapes)

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

The Virgin and Child, 1600 - 1699

Images

Condition Reports

Date - 1925

At some stage before 1925 the top corners of the panel were removed and replaced with additions to return the panel to its original rectangular format.

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Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'The Virgin and Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P362/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'The Virgin and Child', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P362/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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