Christ Blessing the Children (Lucas Cranach the Elder)

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Christ Blessing the Children
File:Cranach the Elder Christ blessing the children.jpg
Let the little children come to me
Artist Lucas Cranach the Elder
Year 1537
Dimensions 122 cm × 77.5 cm (48 in × 30.5 in)
Location Kraków, Poland
Owner Wawel Castle

Christ Blessing the Children (German: Christus segnet die Kinder) is a religious oil painting created by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop in 1537.[1]

History and description

Made and painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder, the painting depicts Jesus Christ with children, based on the New Testament verse "Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God" (Mark 10:14); a popular subject of Protestant iconography in line with the Lutheran teachings of Sola gratia and Sola Fide; salvation by grace through faith, a theme which was depicted repeatedly by both Lucas Cranach the Elder and his son Lucas Cranach the Younger.[2] Jesus is depicted in a dark blue tunic, surrounded by a group of mothers with children with apostles standing off to the side. In 1922, it was purchased for the collection of Wawel Castle in Kraków from Ignacy Dubowski of Volhynia, Bishop of Lutsk. Looted by the Nazis during World War II, it was later discovered in Vienna, and was returned to Wawel in 1968.

  • Lucas Cranach Larvik.JPG

    Detail of a reproduction oil painting in Larvik church, Norway

  • Stadtkirche St. Wenzel (Naumburg) 41.jpg

    Evangelical Lutheran city church of St. Wenzel in Naumburg

  • Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Christ Blessing the Children - KMS2087 - Statens Museum for Kunst.jpg

    National Gallery of Denmark

  • Lucas Cranach (I) - Christus zegent de kinderen, Laat de kinderen tot mij komen - 1723 - Städel Museum.jpg

    Städel Museum

  • Lucas Cranach Larvik kirke.jpg

    Detail of breastfeeding scene in Larvik church, Norway

  • Lucas Cranach the Elder, Christ blessing the Children, Paris (?), private collection.PNG

References

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