The Virgin is shown seated on a stone block in the foreground on the right side of the image. She holds the infant Christ on her lap, while he eats strawberries from a plant offered to him by a cherub. A further three cherubs are busy collecting berries in the
The Virgin is shown seated on a stone block in the foreground on the right side of the image. She holds the infant Christ on her lap, while he eats strawberries from a plant offered to him by a cherub. A further three cherubs are busy collecting berries in the foreground on the left. The scene is set in a mountainous landscape with both a fortress and a town visible in the far distance. The branches of a tree, which is positioned slightly off centre, help define the middle axis. Another four cherubs are shown hold up a dark curtain that serves as a backdrop for the figurative group.
[cda 2020]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attributions
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | or the Younger? |
| Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 391D] |
- Production dates
- about 1540 - 1555
about 1540
Production dates
| about 1540 - 1555 | [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 536, no. 388] |
| about 1540 | [Kuhn 1936, no. 116] |
| after 1537 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 391D] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 74.5 x 49.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74.5 x 49.5 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, 536, no. 388]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom right, on the stone block: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the bottom right, on the stone block: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P412
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR391D
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P412/
