The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes

The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes

Title

The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes

[Cat. Budapest 2003, 33]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, revised 2011]

The Virgin supports the Child who stands on her lap with her right arm. He picks at a bunch of grapes, which she holds in her left hand.

[Miklós Gálos, Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest 2011]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)

[Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, revised 2011]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Werkstatt'
[Cat. Budapest 1897, 83, No. 140]

'Werkstattbild'
[Cat. Budapest 1888, 19, No. 140]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

'Schulbild'
[Cat. Budapest 1906, 329, No. 710 (140)]

'Schulbild. Das nicht eigenhändige aber alte Monogramm zeigt die Schlange mit liegenden Flügeln.'
[Frimmel 1892, 251]

'in der Manier von Cranach'
[Cat. Budapest 1881, 23, No. 180]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

based on the type of winged serpent employed for the artist's insignia
[Cat. Budapest 2003, 33]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74.3 × 55.8 x 1.5 cm (the original panel)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 74.3 × 55.8 x 1.5 cm (the original panel)

  • (top edge: wooden addition, width from left to right 3-5 cm)

  • Dimensions including frame: 103.1 × 81.6 × 12 cm

  • [Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, revised 2011]

  • Historical Records:

  • Dimensions of support: 77 × 56 cm

  • [Cat. Budapest 1906, 329, No. 710 (140)]

  • [Cat. Budapest 1897, 83, No. 140]

  • Dimensions of support: 28" high 21" wide

  • [Cat. Budapest 1870, V/16, 93]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top, centre:
in black paint '275.'

  • centre:
    in black paint: large 'F'
  • bottom, centre:
    two labels: …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top, centre:

  • in black paint '275.'

    • centre:

  • in black paint: large 'F'

    • bottom, centre:

  • two labels: 'ORSZ. KÉPTÁR./A leltár száma/140' and '247.Szám./N.mus.átalános képtár/protocollumában.' (Inventory Numbers from the National Gallery and the National Museum); modern label from the Szépmuvészeti Múzeum

  • Reverse of the frame (not before the painting was transferred to the National Gallery):

  • Inventory number from the National Museum (115)

  • Inventory number from the National Gallery (57)

  • [Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, revised 2011]

Owner
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Repository
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Location
Budapest
CDA ID
HU_SMB_140
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/HU_SMB_140/

Provenance

  • Court Collection (Hofsammlungen), Vienna
  • 1848 acquired by the Hungarian National Museum (Pest, Budapest) from the court chamber commitee in Ofen (Buda, Budapest)
  • 1875 Országos Képtár (National Gallery), Budapest (acquired as No. 74)
  • 1906 Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

[Szépmuvészeti Múzeum, revised 2011]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010 146; 144, 147 75 pp. 146, 160
EditorBozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
TitleDie Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of PublicationBrussels
Year of Publication2010
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Garas 2001 395
AuthorKlára Garas
TitleA budai vár egykori gyujteménye. Képek a Szépmuvészeti Múzeumban
Publicationin Tanulmányok Budapest múltjából XXIX. A budavári királyi palota évszázadai. Kiállítás és konferencia
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication2001
Pages381-410
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Cat. Budapest 1967 167
AuthorAndor Pigler
TitleKatalog der Galerie Alter Meister I-II
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1967
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Cat. Budapest 1906 329 No. 710 (140)
AuthorGábor Térey
TitleA Szépmuvészeti Múzeum Régi Képtárának leíró lajstroma, Hornyánszky
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1906
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Takács 1906 171
AuthorZoltán von Takács
TitleNémetalföldi és német képek a XV. és XVI. századbóln
JournalMagyar Müveszet
Issue5
Year of Publication1906
Pages152-171
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Cat. Budapest 1897 83 No. 140
Authorn. a.
TitleAz Országos Képtár mutárgyainak leíró lajstroma, Athenaeum
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1897
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Frimmel 1892 251
AuthorTheodor von Frimmel
TitleKleine Galeriestudien I
Place of PublicationBamberg
Year of Publication1892
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Cat. Budapest 1888 19 No. 140
AuthorKároly Pulszky
TitleOrszágos Képtár. A képgyujteméy leíró lajstroma
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1888
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Cat. Budapest 1881 23 No. 180
EditorKároly Pulszky
TitleA magyar Országos Képtár ideiglenes lajstroma
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1881
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Cat. Budapest 1876 4 No. 19
EditorGebrüder Légrády
TitleCatalog der Landes-Gemälde-Gallerie im Academie-Gebäude
Place of PublicationBudapest
Year of Publication1876
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Cat. Budapest 1870 93 No. V/16
EditorAntal Ligeti
TitleA Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum képcsarnokának ismerteto lajstroma
Place of PublicationBuda
Year of Publication1870
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Cat. Budapest 1868 5 No. 34
EditorÁgoston Kubinyi, János Herz
TitleA Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Képtárának lajstroma
Place of PublicationPest
Year of Publication1868
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  • The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes, after 1537

Images

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Technical studies

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

06. 2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared Reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black medium and brush; the initial design may have been fixed employing a dry drawing material, dark chalk?

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing (barely visible)

- delicate, fine lines (chalk); broader lines (brush)

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

06.05.2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- panel warped, 3 boards, vertical grain

- widths of the boards from right to left: 8.2 cm (top) 9.3 cm (bottom), 28.6 cm (top) 27.4 cm (bottom), 19.3 cm (top) 18.8 cm (bottom)

- the edges on the reverse of the panel exhibit a bevel 1 cm in width, which is lacking at the top (panel slightly cut)

- 3 knotholes

- horizontal plane traces

Ground and Imprimatura

- a barbe is visible along the bottom and right edges

  • written by Miklós Gálos

Condition Reports

Date1897

A fir wood (?) addition with the grain running horizontally was added to the top of the panel: width from left to right 3-5 cm. It has caused splits in the original panel. It was attached before 1897. [Cat. Budapest 1897]

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