Madonna Lactans

Title

Madonna Lactans

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

This version of 'Madonna Lactans' shows the Virgin as a half-length seated figure set against a dark background. Her hair falls over her shoulders and is covered by an almost transparent veil. She gazes out at the viewer, while nursing the infant Christ.

[cda 2020]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger	[D. Koepplin, handwritten on a letter, 29.07.2011; Koepplin Archive]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[D. Koepplin, a page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, Winter 1988/1988; Koepplin Archive]

Production date: about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[D. Koepplin, a page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, Winter 1988/1988; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 56.5 x 35.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 56.5 x 35.5 cm
[Page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, Winter 1988/1988; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia above the Virgin's proper left shoulder at the right: serpent with dropped wings, facing left; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the Virgin's proper left shoulder at the right: serpent with dropped wings, facing left; in yellow paint

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P426
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P426/

Provenance

until 1950, Ulrich collection, Vienna
auction, Galerie Sanct Lucas, winter 1988/1989
[Page from an auction catalogue, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, Winter 1988/1988; Koepplin Archive]
Sotheby's London, July 2011
[Letter from Sotheby's, London to D. Koepplin, 22.07.2011; Koepplin Archive]

Madonna Lactans, about 1540

Images

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