Madonna and Child in a Landscape, Lucas Cranach the Elder
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In the collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art, the painting in oil on wood and dates from circa 1518. The band of discoloration at the top is a consequence of not knowing how to take indoor shots. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), friend of Martin Luther, was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker. He was known for his portraits, religious subjects (at first representing Catholicism then later Protestantism), hunting scenes, and mythological scenes. The placard in the museum states: “In this picture the Madonna and child are placed in an extensive northern European landscape with pine trees and a fanciful gated city in the distance. The Madonna is seated on the ground, emphasizing her humility, while the pensive Christ child reaches for as bunch of grapes, a symbol of the Eucharistic wine and, by association, his sacrifice on behalf of his followers.” The painting, after determination that Nazis had illegally seized from Philipp von Gomperz, it was restituted to the rightful owner. It then returned to the museum as a partial gift and partial purchase.
The Wikipedia article is at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder
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Madonna and Child in a Landscape, Lucas Cranach the Elder
This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
In the collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art, the painting in oil on wood and dates from circa 1518. The band of discoloration at the top is a consequence of not knowing how to take indoor shots. Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), friend of Martin Luther, was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker. He was known for his portraits, religious subjects (at first representing Catholicism then later Protestantism), hunting scenes, and mythological scenes. The placard in the museum states: “In this picture the Madonna and child are placed in an extensive northern European landscape with pine trees and a fanciful gated city in the distance. The Madonna is seated on the ground, emphasizing her humility, while the pensive Christ child reaches for as bunch of grapes, a symbol of the Eucharistic wine and, by association, his sacrifice on behalf of his followers.” The painting, after determination that Nazis had illegally seized from Philipp von Gomperz, it was restituted to the rightful owner. It then returned to the museum as a partial gift and partial purchase.
The Wikipedia article is at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder
You can view numerous art works online at World Gallery of Art
www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/c/cranach/lucas_e/biograph....
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License