Madonna and Child with Grapes

Title

[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]

The painting shows the Virgin seated as a half-length figure, facing left in front of a black backdrop. She is wearing a green dress with white puffed sleeves and a red coat with gold trimming. The naked infant Christ stands on her lap and has picked a grape from the

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Production dates: after 1537
about 1537

Production dates

after 1537	[cda 2022]
about 1537	[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 57.15 x 34.61 cm (22 1/2 x 13 5/8 in.)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 57.15 x 34.61 cm (22 1/2 x 13 5/8 in.)
[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia below the Virgin's proper right arm: serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia below the Virgin's proper right arm: serpent with dropped wings; in yellow paint

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse of the Cradle:
no information [24002-23]
[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the Cradle:
no information [24002-23]
[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]

Owner: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Repository: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location: Minneapolis

CDA ID: US_MIA_68-41-4
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/US_MIA_68-41-4/

Provenance

possibly Henry Reinhardt and Sons, Inc., New York, New York)[1]
by 1925 Herschel V. Jones [d. 1928], Minneapolis
Lydia Wilcox Jones, Minneapolis, by inheritance from 1928 through at least 1936
[2]
Tessie Jones [d. 1967], Newburgh, New York, and Balmville, New York, by descent, through 1968
bequest to MIA in 1968 (Bequest of Miss Tessie Jones in memory of Herschel V. Jones)

[1] An photograph of the painting can be found in the curatorial files, from Peter A. Juley and Sons [photographers of fine art since 1896], 219 E. 39th Street, New York, with authentication on the reverse in German by Max J. Friedländer dated "Berlin, November 1925" sent by Henry Reinhardt and Sons on November 20, 1925 with an accompanying letter addressed to Herschel V. Jones regarding "your Cranach."

[2] Lydia Wilcox Jones was the widow of Herschel V. Jones. His collection passed to her upon his death, and she is recorded as owning the work in 1936. The work then passed to their daughter, Tessie Jones.

[Minneapolis Institute of Arts, revised 2012]

Exhibitions

Minneapolis, Minnesota 1968-1969, no. VI

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No 388A

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Show Literature

Exhib. Cat. Minneapolis 1968

No. VI

Pl. 6

Editor	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Title	The Jones Collection. The Bequests of Herschel V. and Tessie Jones
Place of Publication	Minneapolis
Year of Publication	1968

Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

Could possibly be FR388A (Lucerne, fine Art Co. (1927), last recorded in New York, Gallery Reinhardt).

The description by Friedländer and Rosenberg fits, but the dimensions are smaller unless inches and centimetres were confused. If this is the case then the size is also the same.

[CDA 2012]

Madonna and Child with Grapes, after 1537

Images

Technical studies

2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

photographed by Minneapolis Institute of Arts

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

'The panel is executed on a piece of thinned hardwood, possibly poplar, the grain of which runs in a vertical direction. It appears that the panel consists of two planks. The join is visible at 4.5” from the right edge.’

Ground and Imprimatura

‘The panel is primed with an evenly, smoothly applied ground layer, white in color.’

Paint Layers and Gilding

‘The design layer is characteristic of an oil bound medium of a thinned, rich paste consistency. Only very slight areas of texture are visible in the paint film.’

[Madonna and Child with Grapes 2005 Condition.pdf]

written by Upper Midwest Conservation Association, Minneapolis

Condition Reports

Date2005

[Madonna and Child with Grapes 2005 Condition.pdf]

written by Upper Midwest Conservation Association, Minneapolis

Conservation History

Date09.01.2006

[Madonna and Child with Grapers 2006 Treatment.pdf]

conservation treatment by Upper Midwest Conservation Association, Minneapolis

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