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

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

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 at 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 at the left in an attitude of prayer, wearing a thin tunic.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Letter from D. Koepplin to the owner, 26.07.2002; Koepplin Archive]

Production dates
after 1514
1514

Production dates

after 1514

[cda 2020]

1514

[dated, not authentic] [Letter from D. Koepplin to the owner, 26.07.2002; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: no information available

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: no information available

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at top right: winged serpent and dated '151[4]'; in yellow paint; (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at top right: winged serpent and dated '151[4]'; in yellow paint; (not genuine)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P424
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P424/

Provenance

  • private collection, Germany, 22.07.2002
    [Letter from the owner to D. Koepplin, 22.07.2002; Koepplin Archive]

Research History / Discussion

This painting appears to be a 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-P420].

[cda 2020]

  • The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, after 1514

Images

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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 the Infant St John
  • The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John, about 1512 or later
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P420
  • 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

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-P424/ (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-P424/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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