The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child

Title

The Virgin and Child

[cda 2023]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. Munich 1912, lot 75]

The painting depicts the Virgin as a half-length figure, holding the naked infant Christ in her right arm, while offering him her breast. Her head is inclined to the right in inner contemplation. The child is shown drinking with his eyes open, looking out at the viewer. Two cherubs hold

The painting depicts the Virgin as a half-length figure, holding the naked infant Christ in her right arm, while offering him her breast. Her head is inclined to the right in inner contemplation. The child is shown drinking with his eyes open, looking out at the viewer. Two cherubs hold up a cloth behind this intimate group.

[cda 2023]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

? [cda 2024]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Auct. Cat. Munich 1912, lot 75]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 388N]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 78.5 x 68 cm

Dimensions

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P626
FR (1978) Nr.
FR388N
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P626/

Provenance

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 388N
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 87 313l
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Auct. Cat. Munich 1912 14 75 Pl. 13
EditorAuktionshaus Helbing, Munich
TitleAntiquitäten und Ölgemälde Alter Meister aus dem Nachlass eines rheinischen Sammlers/Deutsche Fayencen dabei vorwiegend Braunschweiger und Dammer Fayencen aus dem Besitz Herrn Joseph Brennfleck, Würzburg, Galerie Helbing, 18. Mai 1912
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1912
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.15741
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  • Röm.-Kath. Pfarre St. Joseph-Weinhaus, Wien

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