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Attributed to Lucas Cranach I (1472-1553)
Details
Attributed to Lucas Cranach I (1472-1553)
The Virgin and Child
signed with the serpent device (of the form used after 1537); with an extensive inscription on the reverse
on panel
8 1/8 x 5¾in. (20.6 x 14.6cm.)
The Virgin and Child
signed with the serpent device (of the form used after 1537); with an extensive inscription on the reverse
on panel
8 1/8 x 5¾in. (20.6 x 14.6cm.)
Provenance
Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C., Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, by whom purchased in 1913; (+) Christie's, 28 May 1965, lot 2, as Lucas Cranach I (2,600gns. to Baron Ash).
Graham Baron Ash, Wingfield Castle, Diss, Norfolk; Christie's, 4 Oct. 1967, lot 145, as Lucas Cranach I (1,400gns. to Kraus).
Graham Baron Ash, Wingfield Castle, Diss, Norfolk; Christie's, 4 Oct. 1967, lot 145, as Lucas Cranach I (1,400gns. to Kraus).
Literature
T. Borenius, A Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Northwick Park, 1921, no. 222
E.G. Spencer-Churchill, The Northwick Rescues 1912-1961, 1961, p. 43, no. 160, as Lucas Cranach I
M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, London, 1978, p. 147, no. 388B, as 'probably a workshop production'
E.G. Spencer-Churchill, The Northwick Rescues 1912-1961, 1961, p. 43, no. 160, as Lucas Cranach I
M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, London, 1978, p. 147, no. 388B, as 'probably a workshop production'