The Virgin is depicted as a half-length figure seated at the centre of the composition with her head inclined to her right. She embraces the naked infant Christ, resting on a cushion on her lap. A transparent veil covers her head without hiding the long blond hair that falls over
The Virgin is depicted as a half-length figure seated at the centre of the composition with her head inclined to her right. She embraces the naked infant Christ, resting on a cushion on her lap. A transparent veil covers her head without hiding the long blond hair that falls over her shoulders. The pair is shown against a neutral dark background.
[cda 2021]
- Attribution
- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388H] |
- Production date
- after 1537
Production date
| after 1537 | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388H] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 71 x 56 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 71 x 56 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388H]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia beside the Virgin's proper left shoulder: serpent with dropped wings facing left; Koepplin questions authenticity [handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia beside the Virgin's proper left shoulder: serpent with dropped wings facing left; Koepplin questions authenticity [handwritten on the reverse of a b/w photograph; Koepplin Archive]
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P494
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR388H
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P494/
