Lucas Cranach'sChrist Blessing the Children: A Problem of Lutheran Iconography
Christine Ozarowska Kibish
The story of Christ Blessing the Children, in which divine tenderness answers human love sublime saying, “Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not for such is kingdom heaven,” related by three Evangelists, Matthew (19:13–15), Luke (18:15–17) Mark (10: 13–16). It noteworthy that, although this contained Gospels, it occurred so rarely art before Lucas Cranach. In Painters' Book Mount Athos there a simple description theme, but Didron, translator commentator book, footnote states bluntly that item “modern.”1
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