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Capuchin Church Innsbruck

Capuchin Church Innsbruck (Lucas Cranach, around 1528)
In the background, angels holding a cloth of honour and parts of a river landscape.


virgo lactans

Simplified version with modified hand position and different colours.


Maria Lactans, Capuchin Convent Vienna

Capuchin Convent Vienna

The Cranach workshop created several versions of this painting. The first of these, the original from 1515, is in the Szépművészeti Múzeum in Budapest, while another slightly simplified version is in Darmstadt.


Find out more about the Mariahilfbild and other breastfeeding Marys from the Renaissance period here