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 long locks worn loose and 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
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Karl & Faber, Munich, 23.03.1984; Koepplin Archive]

Production dates
about 1530
about 1550

Production dates

about 1530

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Karl & Faber, Munich, 23.03.1984; Koepplin Archive]

about 1550

[Handwritten on a page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber, Munich, 05/06.06.1984, lot 218; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 43 x 25.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 43 x 25.5 cm

  • [Handwritten on a page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber, Munich, 05/06.06.1984, lot 218; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P417
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P417/

Provenance

  • according to Dr. Erasmus (Berlin, 1935) the painting was formerly in the collection of the imperial advisor M. von Nemes
  • Cremer collection, Dortmund
    [Handwritten on a page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber, Munich, 05/06.06.1984, lot 218; Koepplin Archive]
  • auction, Karl & Faber, Munich, 05/06.06.1984, lot 218
    [A page from an auction catalogue, Karl & Faber, Munich, 05/06.06.1984, lot 218; Koepplin Archive]
  • The Virgin and Child, about 1530

Images

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Versions

The Virgin and Child
  • The Virgin and Child, after 1600
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P446
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
The Virgin and Child
  • The Virgin and Child, after 1600
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P416
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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-P417/ (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-P417/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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