The Virgin and Child with St Anne

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 145, No. WAF166]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

The painting depicts St Anne, the Virgin and the infant Christ sitting on a grassy bank in front of an expansive landscape. Despite the geometric contours of the group the figures are inclined affectionately towards each other. The Virgin bends down to her child, and St Anne engages the

The painting depicts St Anne, the Virgin and the infant Christ sitting on a grassy bank in front of an expansive landscape. Despite the geometric contours of the group the figures are inclined affectionately towards each other. The Virgin bends down to her child, and St Anne engages the viewer with a worried look.

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 82, No. 14]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 145, No. WAF166]

Production date
about 1516

Production date

about 1516

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 145, No. WAF166]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 61 x 40 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 61 x 40 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 145, No. WAF166]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_WAF166
FR (1978) Nr.
FR067
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_WAF166/

Provenance

  • 1827 acquired from the Boisseree Collection
    [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 145, No. WAF166]

Exhibitions

Munich 2011, No. 14

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 82-83, 145 Nos. 14, WAF 166 Fig. p. 83
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 83 No. 67 Fig. 67
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
  • The Virgin and Child with St Anne, about 1516

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Documents

Technical studies

19.08.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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