Birth of John Baptist

Birth of John Baptist

Titles

Birth of John Baptist

[cda 2015]

Birth of the Virgin

[http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=23011&viewType=detailView; accessed 19-02-2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=23011&viewType=detailView; accessed 19-02-2015]

The newborn is bathed in the foreground by two women, while his mother lies in a bed with a baldachin that fills the entire width of the painting. Two midwives take care of her. The child's bath stands on a wooden chest with organic ornamentation.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2015]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=literature&objectId=88957&viewType=detailView; accessed 21-01-2015]

Production date
1518

Production date

1518

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 65 x 52.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 65 x 52.5 cm

  • [http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=23011&viewType=detailView; accessed 19-02-2015]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent and date '1518'.

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom left: winged serpent and date '1518'.

  • [cda 2015]

Inscriptions and Labels

On the back: - "Johan Döpar: födelse målad av Lucas Cranach" (after 1800)

  • with pencil: "No 29", "Aln 6 22,5 …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • On the back: - "Johan Döpar: födelse målad av Lucas Cranach" (after 1800)

    • with pencil: "No 29", "Aln 6 22,5 i dagen"

  • [http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=23011&viewType=detailView; accessed 19-02-2015]

Owner
Skoklosters slott, Stockholm
Repository
Skoklosters slott, Stockholm
Location
Stockholm
CDA ID
SE_SSS_1748
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_SSS_1748/

Provenance

  • the painting was possibly taken as war booty from Munich 1632
  • from Carl Gustaf Wrangel's collection
    [http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=literature&objectId=88957&viewType=detailView; accessed 21-01-2015]
  • Birth of John Baptist, 1518

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