Charity

Charity

Title

Charity

[cda 2024]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2024]

Charity is shown as a nude figure seated against a backdrop of trees and shrubs. Two naked infants accompany her. On her right one looks up at her and attempts to climb onto her lap. She in turn looks out at the viewer like the other infant reclining in front

Charity is shown as a nude figure seated against a backdrop of trees and shrubs. Two naked infants accompany her. On her right one looks up at her and attempts to climb onto her lap. She in turn looks out at the viewer like the other infant reclining in front of her.

[cda 2024]

Attribution
Master HB (with a griffin's head)

Attribution

Master HB (with a griffin's head)

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on a photocopy; Koepplin Archive] [Koepplin 2007 B, 65]

Production date
about 1525 - 1545

Production date

about 1525 - 1545

[Koepplin 2007 B, 65]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: not known

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: not known

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P629
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P629/

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 117 Fig. 7
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Koepplin 2007 B 65 Fig. p. 65
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleCranachs Bilder der Caritas im theologischen und humanistischen Geiste Luthers und Melanchthons
Publicationin Bodo Brinkmann, ed., Cranach der Ältere [Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
Pages63-79
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Cat. Kühnel-Kunze 1960
AuthorIrene Kunze
TitleHans Brosamer und der Meister HB mit dem Greifenkopf. Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Brosamer-Forschung.
JournalZeitschrift des deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft
IssueXIV, 1960
Year of Publication1960
Pages57-80
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  • Charity, about 1525 - 1545

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