The Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony

Lucas Cranach the Elder1472/1553

Details

Title: The Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony
Creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Date Created: 1472/1553
Physical Dimensions: image: 36.4 x 23.1 cm (14 5/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Provenance: Baron Adalbert von Lanna [1836-1909], Prague, Bohemia (Lugt 2773); Rudolf Gutmann [1880-1966, L2770], Vienna;[1] (Christian M. Nebehay, Vienna); sold 1947 to (William H. Schab Gallery, New York); sold 21 November 1947 to Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift 1948 to NGA. [1]This print is inventory no. 772 of the Rudolf Gutmann collection confiscated by the Nazis in Austria in 1938. The collection was stored at the Zentraldepot in Vienna and transferred to the salt mine at Alt Aussee. The print was restituted to the Viennese dealer Christian Nebehay acting on Gutmann’s behalf in August 1947 (Restitution decision in Zl. 4716/47; export license in Zl 4694/47 dated 11 August 1947, all Bundesdenkmalamt, Vienna, copies in NGA curatorial files).
Rights: CC0
Medium: woodcut

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