The Annunciation

The Annunciation

Title

The Annunciation

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[handwritten in pencil on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Friedländer Archive]

The panel depicts the Annunciation to the Virgin and shows her at the right, kneeling on a prayer stood. She holds up her left hand in a form of greeting, while keeping her place in the book with her other one. Humbly she looks down at the ground with her

The panel depicts the Annunciation to the Virgin and shows her at the right, kneeling on a prayer stood. She holds up her left hand in a form of greeting, while keeping her place in the book with her other one. Humbly she looks down at the ground with her head inclined to the left from where the angel Gabriel approaches. The Holy Ghost, depicted as a dove, hovers above her head. The figures are arranged in a simple architectural setting.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2020]

Production dates
about 1537 - 1540
1537

Production dates

about 1537 - 1540

[cda 2020]

1537

[dated, not genuine]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 53 x 35 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 53 x 35 cm

  • [handwritten in pencil on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Friedländer Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom left corner: serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1537'; in black paint (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom left corner: serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1537'; in black paint (not genuine)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P465
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P465/

Provenance

  • 1937, the property of Alfred Scharf, London
    [handwritten in pencil on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Friedländer Archive]
  • The Annunciation, about 1537 - 1540

Images

Compare images
  • overall
  • overall
  • overall

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'The Annunciation', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P465/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'The Annunciation', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P465/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

Help us to improve the Cranach Digital Archive.

Please contact us, if you have noticed a mistake.