Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Title

[KKL 2022]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Wolfson 1992, p. 58–59]

See German text version

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[cda 2022]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Wolfson 1992, S. 58-59] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, Nr. 312-313]

Production date: 1528

Production date

1528	[dated, KKL 2022]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: max. 37.4 x 23.6 x 1.1 cm (bevelled to 5-6 mm at the edges)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: max. 37.4 x 23.6 x 1.1 cm (bevelled to 5-6 mm at the edges)
[Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover, revised 2021]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia on the right above the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left between the date '1528'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the right above the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings facing left between the date '1528'

Inscriptions and Labels: Recto, top right: Inventory number of a former owner: '109'
[KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Recto, top right: Inventory number of a former owner: '109'
[KKL 2022]

Owner: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
Repository: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
Location: Hannover

CDA ID: DE_NLMH_PAM973
FR (1978) Nr.: FR312-313
KKL-No: IV.M4a, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_NLMH_PAM973/

Connected Works

Provenance

1929 L. Blumenreich, Berlin
1932 the collection of Fritz Beindorff, Hannover
Pelikan Art Collection, Hannover (No. 4)
on loan from the Pelikan AG Hannover
1978 acquisition
[Wolfson 1992, p. 58]

Exhibitions

Hannover 1963, No. 1
Hannover 1985, No. 9

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015

100

Fig. p. 100

Editor	Günter Schuchardt
Title	Cranach, Luther und die Bildnisse. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung auf der Wartburg, 2. April bis 19. Juli 2015
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2015

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Schuchardt 2015 B

40, 41

No. 30

Fig. 17

Author	Günter Schuchardt
Title	Privileg und Monopol - Die Lutherporträts der Cranach-Werkstatt
Publication	in Günther Schuchardt, ed., Cranach, Luther und die Bildnisse, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	24-52

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Messling 2010

22, 23

Author	Guido Messling
Title	Blicke auf Cranach
Publication	in Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	12-25

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Cat. Hannover 1992

58-59

Author	Michael Wolfson
Title	Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover. Die deutschen und niederländischen Gemälde bis 1550
Place of Publication	Hannover
Year of Publication	1992

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Pickshaus 1988

226

Author	P. M. Pieckshaus
Title	Kunstzerstörer
Place of Publication	Reinbek
Year of Publication	1988

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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 1983 A

Editor	Werner Hofmann
Title	Luther und die Folgen für die Kunst, [Hamburg, Kunsthalle. 1983-1984]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1983

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

131

312-313

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Schade 1974

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Die Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974

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Ficker 1934

112, 128

Nos. XIII, 143

Author	Johannes Ficker
Title	Die Bildnisse Luthers aus der Zeit seines Lebens
Journal	Luther-Jahrband
Issue	16
Year of Publication	1934
Pages	103-161

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

251

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528

Images

Technical studies

Date2018 - 2021

Bildträger

See German Version

2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- delicate, fine traced lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- vey few alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- transferred from a pre-existing design (traced)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

Date1977 -

attacked with sulphuric acid on the16th of August 1977
subsequently treated and restored

[Cat. Hannover 1992, 58]

restauriert von Unbekannt

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