These two tiny panels form a diptych representing the Virgin and Child and Saint John the Baptist and are united by the same background landscape. [...] Standing on a crescent moon, following a northern European iconography, the Virgin is crowned by two flying angels, while Jesus is taking a rose
These two tiny panels form a diptych representing the Virgin and Child and Saint John the Baptist and are united by the same background landscape. [...] Standing on a crescent moon, following a northern European iconography, the Virgin is crowned by two flying angels, while Jesus is taking a rose from his mother's hand.
Despite their small dimensions, the two panels are so full of details, they should be looked at through a magnifying glass. [...] The artist describes the lace cuff of the Virgins robe, her hair, which seems ruffled by a light breeze. It seems as though the air really does move over the land, bathed by the light of sunset.
[http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/en/node/945](accessed 21.05.2013]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Museo Poldi Pezzoli, revised 2013] |
- Production dates
- 1550 - 1552
about 1550
Production dates
1550 - 1552 | [Museo Poldi Pezzoli, revised 2013] |
about 1550 | [Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, No. 60] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 18.3 x 12.6 x c. 0.5 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 18.3 x 12.6 x c. 0.5 cm
Dimensions including frame: 31.8 x 43 cm
[Museo Poldi Pezzoli, revised 2013]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia, at centre right: winged serpent facing left with dropped wings; in black paint
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia, at centre right: winged serpent facing left with dropped wings; in black paint
- Owner
- Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
- Repository
- Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
- Location
- Milan
- CDA ID
- I_MPP_1038
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/I_MPP_1038/