The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Title

The Virgin and Child

[cda 2023]

Painting on wood

The Virgin is shown as a half-length figure, turned to her right against a dark background with the infant Christ standing in front of her on balustrade. She wears her hair loose and supports him with a gentle embrace. He is dressed in a translucent tunic and holds a biscuit

The Virgin is shown as a half-length figure, turned to her right against a dark background with the infant Christ standing in front of her on balustrade. She wears her hair loose and supports him with a gentle embrace. He is dressed in a translucent tunic and holds a biscuit in his right hand.

[cda 2023]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2023]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Friesen 1941, 81]

Production date
after 1520

Production date

after 1520

[cda 2023]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: not known

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: not known

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P596
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P596/

Provenance

  • Frh. von Friesen-Rötha, Schloss Rötha, 1941 (Rötha Castle)
  • sold at Weinmüller, Munich, 19.12.1997
    [handwritten on a page from a journal; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friesen 1941 81
AuthorHeinrich von Friesen
TitleSchloß Rotha
JournalSächsischer Heimatschutz. Mitteilungen für Heimatschutz, Volkskunde, Denkmalpflege u. Naturschutz
Issue30
Year of Publication1941
Pages57-100
Show Literature
  • The Virgin and Child, after 1520

Images

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Versions

Virgin and Child (called the Madonna of Polen)
  • Virgin and Child (called the Madonna of Polen), about 1520
  • CZ_RKFK_NONE-001
  • Painting
  • Rímskokatolická farnost Klatovy (Roman Catholic Parish in Klatovy)

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