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Lucas Cranach the Elder: Madonna and Child under the Apple Tree  wikidata:Q16038763 reasonator:Q16038763
Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder  (1472–1553)  wikidata:Q191748
 
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Alternative names
Lucas Cranach
Description -German painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter
Date of birth/death 4 October 1472 Edit this at Wikidata 16 October 1553 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kronach Weimar
Work location
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
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artist QS:P170,Q191748
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Title
German:
Madonna und Kind unter dem Apfelbaum Edit this at Wikidata

The Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree
label QS:Lit,"Madonna col bambino sotto un melo"
label QS:Lfr,"La Vierge et l'Enfant Jésus sous le pommier"
label QS:Lru,"Мадонна с младенцем под яблоней"
label QS:Lde,"Madonna mit Kind unter einem Apfelbaum"
label QS:Len,"The Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
The Child Christ helds bread and apple in his hands. The apple is the symbol of the original sin, the bread (the body of Christ) of the redemption. The Virgin is considered to be the second Eve redempting the sin of the first.
Depicted people Virgin Mary Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1530s
date QS:P571,+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
, from wood transferred to canvas
Dimensions height: 87 cm (34.2 in); width: 59 cm (23.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,87U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,59U174728
institution QS:P195,Q132783
Current location
The Small Hermitage, room 255
Accession number
ГЭ-684
Place of creation Germany Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions designated the right of the tree trunk with left-facing serpent with upright wings, crown on the head and ring in its mouth
References Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Source/Photographer Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork
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