Charity

Charity

Title

Charity

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. Paris 1968, no. 53]

Charity, the personification of altruism, is depicted as a nude female figure seated on a low wooden fence, breast-feeding an infant. A little boy rests his arm on her right shoulder, while in the foreground a small girl eats grapes from a bunch she holds in her left hand. The

Charity, the personification of altruism, is depicted as a nude female figure seated on a low wooden fence, breast-feeding an infant. A little boy rests his arm on her right shoulder, while in the foreground a small girl eats grapes from a bunch she holds in her left hand. The group is shown beneath an apple tree and a vine, both bearing fruit. An expansive landscape unfolds in the background.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Auct. Cat. Paris 1968, no. 53]

Production date
1529

Production date

1529

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 119 x 72 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 119 x 72 cm

  • [Auct. Cat. Paris 1968, no. 53]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: serpent and dated '1529'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia: serpent and dated '1529'

  • [Auct. Cat. Paris 1968, no. 53]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P382
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P382/

Provenance

  • collection of Prince Kwochinshoy, 25-26.06.1879, no. 32
  • collection Osterrietch, Anvers
  • 26.03.1968 Palais Galliera, Paris, no. 53
    [Auct. Cat. Paris 1968, no. 53]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Koepplin 2007 B 64 Fig. 1
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleCranachs Bilder der Caritas im theologischen und humanistischen Geiste Luthers und Melanchthons
Publicationin Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Pages63-79
Show Literature
Auct. Cat. Paris 1968 053 pl. 8
EditorPalais Galliera, Paris
TitleDessins - Aquarelles et Tableaux Modernes. Meubles et Objets d'Art. [Paris, Palais Galliera, 26.03.1968]
Place of PublicationParis
Year of Publication1968
Show Literature
  • Charity, 1529

Images

Compare images
  • overall

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'Charity', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P382/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'Charity', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P382/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

Help us to improve the Cranach Digital Archive.

Please contact us, if you have noticed a mistake.