The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Title

The Virgin and Child

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

The Virgin is depicted as a half-length figure set against a dark background with her head inclined to her right. She holds the infant Christ who stands on a cushion on her lap, supporting his weight on his right leg.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Lempertz, 29.01,1983; Koepplin Archive]

Production dates
after 1600
1536

Production dates

after 1600

[cda 2020]

1536

[dated, not authentic]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 58 x 38 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 58 x 38 cm

  • [Handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top left and dated '1536'; (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top left and dated '1536'; (not genuine)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P416
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P416/

Provenance

  • private collection, South America 1983
    [Letter from Lempertz to D. Kepplin, 24.01.1983; Koepplin Archive]

Research History / Discussion

According to D. Koepplin this painting is a copy of an unknown original version by Cranach.

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Lempertz, 29.01.1983; Koepplin Archive]

  • The Virgin and Child, after 1600

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-P416/ (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-P416/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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