Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Title

Virgin and Child

[cda 2023]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm online, accessed 21.12.2023]

The Virgin is shown as a half-length figure, supporting her son with both hands. He stands on her lap with a piece of bread in his right hand. The Virgin's head is inclined slightly to the left, but both figures gaze out at the viewer. Two cherubs hold up a

The Virgin is shown as a half-length figure, supporting her son with both hands. He stands on her lap with a piece of bread in his right hand. The Virgin's head is inclined slightly to the left, but both figures gaze out at the viewer. Two cherubs hold up a curtain behind them, revealing a sliver of landscape at the right-hand side of the image.

[cda 2023]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)

or Copy after Cranach the Elder [cda 2023]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Younger

'Manner of Cranach the Younger' [Nationalmuseum Stockholm online, accessed 21.12.2023]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

or Lucas Cranach the Elder [cda 2023]

Production date
after 1520

Production date

after 1520

? [cda 2023]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 85 x 57 cm

Dimensions

Inscriptions and Labels

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Owner
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Repository
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Location
Stockholm
CDA ID
SE_NMS_NM299
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_NMS_NM299/

Provenance

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Stockholm 1910 82, 83 299
AuthorGeorg Göthe
Title Notice descriptive des tableaux du musée national de Stockholm
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1910
Link https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6327178z
Show Literature
Cat. Stockholm 1900 76 299
AuthorGeorg Göthe
Title Notice descriptive des tableaux du musée national de Stockholm
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1900
Link https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6289734w.r)
Show Literature
  • Virgin and Child, after 1520

Images

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Versions

The Virgin and Child with a Cake
  • The Virgin and Child with a Cake, about 1600
  • HU_SMB_904
  • Painting
  • Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Virgin with Child
  • Virgin with Child, after 1600
  • AT_TLFI_Gem118
  • Painting
  • Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck

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