id:			130377
accession number:	1953.143
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.143
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:27.342000

The Baptism of Christ, 1530s. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553). Oil on wood; framed: 24.4 x 29.2 x 5.1 cm (9 5/8 x 11 1/2 x 2 in.); unframed: 15 x 20.5 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Roseman in memory of Charles E. Roseman, Jr. 1953.143

title:				The Baptism of Christ
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creation date:			1530s
creation date earliest:		1530
creation date latest:		1539
current location:		114 Late Northern Renaissance
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Charles E. Roseman in memory of Charles E. Roseman, Jr.
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	oil on wood
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - German before 1800
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 24.4 x 29.2 x 5.1 cm (9 5/8 x 11 1/2 x 2 in.); Unframed: 15 x 20.5 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Inscribed at top center: HIC EST FILIVS MEVS DILECTVS IN QVO/MICHI BEN COMPLACITVM EST.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Charles E. Roseman, Jr., Cleveland, by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1953.
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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Catalogue of Paintings, Part 3: European Paintings of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 166; Mentioned: p. 165
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	Cranach, Lucas, Lucas Cranach, and Michael Hofbauer. Corpus Cranach: Lucas Cranach I und Lucas Cranach II : Verzeichnis der Gemälde unter Berücksichtigung von Werkstattumfeld und Epigonen. Heidelberg, 2022.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 159, CC-CMD-060-001
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