Portrait of a Mother and Child

Title

[Sotheby's online, accessed 15.03.2024]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Sotheby's online, accessed 15.03.2024]

A half-length portrait of a seated woman in contemporary courtly attire. She is shown in three quarter profile, facing to her right against a neutral background. Her hair is tied back and she is holding a naked infant with an apple on her lap.

[cda 2024]

Attribution: Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Manner of Lucas Cranach the Elder' [Sotheby's online, accessed 15.03.2024]

Production date: after 1525

Production date

after 1525

[cda 2024]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 54.6 × 34.9 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 54.6 × 34.9 cm
[Sotheby's online, accessed 15.03.2024]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels

embroidered on the mother's chest: 'N' (inverted)

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- embroidered on the mother's chest: 'N' (inverted)

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P655
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P655/

Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 13.06.2007, lot 72
[Sotheby's online, accessed 15.03.2024]

Portrait of a Mother and Child, after 1525

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