About the Artwork
The Holy Kinship
between 1472 and 1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1472-1553
German
Unknown
Woodcut printed in black ink on cream laid paper
Sheet (trimmed to image edge): 9 × 12 7/8 inches (22.9 × 32.7 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S334
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, on block, lower center: [artist's monogram]
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Stamp, in black, verso: W. Bell Scott (Lugt 2607)
Provenance
W. Bell Scott (London, England)
November 1885, (F. Keppel & Co., New York, New York, USA)
Mrs. James E. Scripps (New York, New York, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Holy Kinship, between 1472 and 1553, woodcut printed in black ink on cream laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S334.
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