The Virgin and Child with St Anne

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. Berlin 1926, 16, lot 122]

Anne (left) and the Virgin (right) are shown as seated half-length figures against a black background. The infant Christ stands between them on a cushion. Supported by Anne he puts an apple in his mother's hand.

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Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Auct. Cat. Berlin 1926, 16, lot 122]

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[artnet, accessed 12.02.2024] (http://www.artnet.de/k%C3%BCnstler/lucas-cranach-the-elder/la-vierge-et-lenfant-jesus-avec-sainte-anne-XSnsEsNEtiI5QLGr34TMGQ2)

Dating
about 1540

Dating

about 1540

[artnet, accessed 12.02.2024]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 36 x 26 cm

Dimensions

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P628
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P628/

Provenance

- 01.06.1926, auctioned at Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, lot 122
[Auct. Cat. Berlin 1926, 16, lot 122]
- Sotheby's, London, 28. October 1987, Lot 41 (not verified)

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Auct. Cat. Berlin 1926 16 122
EditorRudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus
TitleGemälde alter Meister, dabei Sammlung Prof. Max Unger, Steglitz und anderer Besitz: Versteigerung: Dienstag, den 1. Juni 1926 [Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin]
Place of PublicationBerlin
IssueNr. 1959
Year of Publication1926
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19450
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Research History / Discussion

One other version of this composition is known [DE_BStGS_13260]

[cda 2024]

  • The Virgin and Child with St Anne, about 1540

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