Virgin, Child, St. John the Baptist and Angels

Virgin, Child, St. John the Baptist and Angels

Title

Virgin, Child, St. John the Baptist and Angels

[The Heckscher Museum of Art, revised 2013]

Painting on canvas, transferred from panel

Medium

Painting on canvas, transferred from panel

[The Heckscher Museum of Art, revised 2013]

The Madonna and child with St. John the Baptist before a curtain supported by hovering angels.

[Cat. Huntington 1979, Inv. No. 1959.126]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Huntington 1979, Inv. No. 1959.126]

Production date
1534

Production date

1534

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 123.19 x 85.09 cm (48-1/2 x 33-1/2 in.)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 123.19 x 85.09 cm (48-1/2 x 33-1/2 in.)

  • Dimensions including frame: 147.32 x 109.22 x 8.89 cm (58 x 43 x 3-1/2 in.)

  • [The Heckscher Museum of Art, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent and dated '1534'.

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top left: winged serpent and dated '1534'.

  • [Cat. Huntington 1979, Inv. No. 1959.126]

Owner
The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
Repository
The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
Location
Huntington
CDA ID
US_HMA_1959-26
FR (1978) Nr.
FR228D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_HMA_1959-26/

Provenance

  • possibly Freiherrn von Münchhausen zu Hannover, until 1887[1]
  • group sale, J. M. Herberle, H. Lempertz Söhne, Cologne, Oct. 28-9, 1887, no. 33, illus.
  • Ehrich Galleries, New York, 1920
  • August Heckscher, New York, 1920
  • gift of August Heckscher
    [1] It cannot be proven that the Museum's painting was once located in the Münchhausen Collection since the group auction which included Münchhausen does not cite owner's names. All of the auctioneer Lempertz's pre-war records were completely destroyed.
    [Cat. Huntington 1979, Inv. No. 1959.126]

Exhibitions

Huntington 1962, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2011
AuthorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleAcross Time and Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 07/30 - 10/23/2011]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2010 A
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleThe Heckscher at 90: Then and Now, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 05/08 - 07/25/2010]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2010
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2010 B
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleA Timeless Legacy, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 07/31/2010 - 05/01/2011]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2010
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2008 A
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleHeckscher Museum of Art Rediscovered: From Lucas Cranach to Olafur Eliasson, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 05/03 - 09/01/2008]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2008
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2008 B
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleFive Centuries of Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 09/06/2008 - 09/27/2009]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2008
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2007
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleSix Degrees of Separation, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington 05/08 - 06/24/2007]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2007
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2006
AuthorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleMasterworks from the August Heckscher Collection, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 04/29 - 07/02/2006]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2006
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2005
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleConcerning Women, [Heckscher Museum, 02/15 - 05/01/2005]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2005
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2004
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleA Century of Collecting, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 09/18 - 11/14/2004]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2004
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 2001
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitlePerspectives: A Romp Through the Permanent Collection, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 02/03 -05/05/2001]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication2001
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 1999
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleMyth and Allegory, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 09/28/1999 - 01/03/2000]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication1999
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 1996
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleRestrained Opulence: Northern European, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 10/12/1996 - 01/26/1997]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication1996
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 1995 A
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleSeventy-five Years of Collecting [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 08/19 - 09/24/1995]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication1995
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 1995 B
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitlePermanent Collection: European Selections [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 09/25 - 11/13/1995]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication1995
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 1986
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleA New Look, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 01/18 - 03/02/1986]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication1986
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 1984
EditorThe Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, New York
TitleThe Way It Was, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington, 11/15/1984 - 01/07/1985]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication1984
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 228D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Huntington 1962
Authorn. a.
TitleThe Changing Vision of Space, [Heckscher Museum, Huntington 12/08/1962 - 01/13/1963]
Place of Publication[Huntington]
Year of Publication1962
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 65 189f
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
Show Literature
Cat. Huntington 1920 26 No. 171
Authorn. a.
TitleHuntington Fine Arts Building Catalogue, Heckscher Museum, Huntington
Place of PublicationHuntington
Year of Publication1920
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Conservation History

Date05.12.1960

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  • conservation treatment by Paul P. Kiehart

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