The Adoration of the Shepherds

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Title

The Adoration of the Shepherds

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Im Kinsky online database: https://imkinsky.com/de/kaufen/ergebnisse/127/5.664//77384-lucas-cranach-ii-werkstatt; accessed 27.05.2020]

The Adoration of the Shepherds is shown here set inside a stable with precisely aligned beams and brickwork. The infant Christ is placed at centre stage with the Virgin and Joseph either side. The ox and the ass feed on hay behind, while the shepherds enter the scene from the

The Adoration of the Shepherds is shown here set inside a stable with precisely aligned beams and brickwork. The infant Christ is placed at centre stage with the Virgin and Joseph either side. The ox and the ass feed on hay behind, while the shepherds enter the scene from the right. Above a host of cherubs observe events from the cloud framing them. In the distant background through the arch two of the shepherds are represented approaching the scene.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Im Kinsky online database: https://imkinsky.com/de/kaufen/ergebnisse/127/5.664//77384-lucas-cranach-ii-werkstatt; accessed 27.05.2020]

Production dates
about 1560 - 1570
after 1573

Production dates

about 1560 - 1570

[Im Kinsky online database: https://imkinsky.com/de/kaufen/ergebnisse/127/5.664//77384-lucas-cranach-ii-werkstatt; accessed 27.05.2020]

after 1573

[cda 2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 61.5 x 58 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 61.5 x 58 cm

  • [Im Kinsky online database: https://imkinsky.com/de/kaufen/ergebnisse/127/5.664//77384-lucas-cranach-ii-werkstatt; accessed 27.05.2020]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P369
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P369/

Provenance

  • sold at Christie's, London, 08.10.1976, lot 133
  • private collection, Austria
  • sold at Im Kinsky, Vienna, 09.04.2019, Sale 127, lot 1
    [Im Kinsky online database: https://imkinsky.com/de/kaufen/ergebnisse/127/5.664//77384-lucas-cranach-ii-werkstatt; accessed 27.05.2020]

Research History / Discussion

A similar detailed depiction of the stable can be found in a version of the same subject in the Chapel of Augustusburg castle [DE_SKAU_NONE-SKAU002B]. It is also similar in dimensions and format to this painting. The representation of the Virgin is the same but inverted and the same applies to the man standing behind her. However, unlike the painting in Augustusburg castle, where the figure is a representation of Joseph, here he is one of the shepherds, gazing at Christ while holding his hat in both hands.

[Herrschaft, cda 2020]

  • The Adoration of the Shepherds, about 1560 - 1570

Images

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Condition Reports

Date09.04.2019

  • cradled

[Im Kinsky online database: https://imkinsky.com/de/kaufen/ergebnisse/127/5.664//77384-lucas-cranach-ii-werkstatt; accessed 27.05.2020]

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