The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John

The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John

Title

The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John

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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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Painting on beech wood

[Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 03.07.1996, lot 285A; Koepplin Archive]

The Virgin is depicted as a half-length seated figure, set in front of a landscape with a castle on a rocky crag at the left. She holds the naked infant Christ on her lap. He blesses the infant St John, who stands on the left in an attitude of prayer,

The Virgin is depicted as a half-length seated figure, set in front of a landscape with a castle on a rocky crag at the left. She holds the naked infant Christ on her lap. He blesses the infant St John, who stands on the left in an attitude of prayer, wearing a thin tunic.

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

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, lot 285A; Koepplin Archive]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Gal. Fischinger, Stuttgart, 29.06.1982; Koepplin Archive]

Production dates
about 1512 or later
1512

Production dates

about 1512 or later

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1512

Dated [Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 03.07.1996, lot 285A; Koepplin Archive] [date not visible, cda 2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 41.4 x 26.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 41.4 x 26.4 cm

  • [Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 03.07.1996, lot 285A; Koepplin Archive]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P420
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P420/

Provenance

  • Hasse Spithoven
  • Herzog von Adligen, Bonn
  • auction, Sotheby's, London, 03.07.1996, lot 285A
    [Page from an auction catalogue, Sotheby's, London, 03.07.1996, lot 285A; Koepplin Archive]
  • auction, Sotheby's, New York, 09.07.1998, lot 158
    [https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/follower-of-lucas-cranach-158-c-eru8ayk4o8#; accessed 03.09.2020]
  • 1999 art dealer, Gilberto Zabert, Turin
    [Letter from G. Zabert to W. Schade, 09.02.1999; Koepplin Archive]

Research History / Discussion

This painting appears to be a smaller copy after a composition in Coburg [DE_BRD-KSVC_M337]; other copies are known e. g. in the St. Anna Kirche, Augsburg and in private collections [PRIVATE_NONE-P419] and [PRIVATE_NONE-P424].

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  • The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, about 1512 or later

Images

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Conservation History

Date1996 - 1999

Since the sale in 1996 (Sotheby's, London) the painting appears to have undergone conservation treatment.

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Versions

The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John
  • The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, 1600 - 1699
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P419
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
The Virgin and Child with St John as a boy
  • The Virgin and Child with St John as a boy, about 1512 - 1514
  • DE_BRD-KSVC_M337
  • Painting
  • Federal Republic of Germany
The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John
  • The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, after 1514
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P424
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P420/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P420/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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