# Virgin and Child on a Crescent Moon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on limewood, 90 x 60 cm ## Commentary The figure kneeling in front of the apparition of the Virgin is the donor, Hieronymus Rudelauf \(c. 1450-1523\). He is accompanied by the family coat of arms. Rudelauf was one of the first students to matriculate in 1502-03 at the newly founded University of Wittenberg. This panel, incorporating Cranach's formal properties, was executed in Cranach's workshop by an assistant. ## Related artworks - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)]() - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion]() - [A Prince of Saxony]() - [A Princess of Saxony]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()