Charity

Charity

Title

Charity

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. London 2009 B, 4, no. 4]

Charity, the personification of altruism, is depicted as a nude female figure, sitting on a stone block with four little children around her. One is being breast-fed. The group is shown in a landscape with rocks, trees and a village on a mountain in the background.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Handwritten note on a photocopy; Koepplin Archive]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Auct. Cat. London 2009 B, 4, no. 4]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 223A]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932, no. 185a]

Production dates
after 1535
1530

Production dates

after 1535

[cda 2020]

1530

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 223A]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 52.1 x 34.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 52.1 x 34.9 cm

  • [Auct. Cat. London 2009 B, 4, no. 4]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P383
FR (1978) Nr.
FR223A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P383/

Provenance

  • Lepke, Berlin, 11.03.1913, no. 93
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no 223A]
  • sold at Christie's London, 23.04.2009, lot 4
    [Auct. Cat. London 2009 B, 4, no. 4]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Auct. Cat. London 2009 B 4 004 Pl. p. 4
EditorChristie's Fine Art Auction House, London
TitleOld Master and British Pictures, Christie's London, 23.04.2009
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2009
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 223A
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 185a
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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Research History / Discussion

This composition is probably a copy of a version in Nivå [DK_NMK_0017NMK], dated 1535.

[cda 2021]

  • Charity, after 1535

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Versions

Caritas
  • Caritas, 1535
  • DK_NMK_0017NMK
  • Painting
  • Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå

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