Christ Blessing the Children

ca. 1545–50

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Oil on beech
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (16.5 x 22.2 cm)
Collection no.: 1982.60.36
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Lucas Cranach the Younger. Christ Blessing the Children. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Christ Blessing the Children — Lucas Cranach the Younger. ca. 1545–50.

Medium: Oil on beech. Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. (16.5 x 22.2 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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