Roundel portrait of Martin Luther

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein, Bericht 2020]

See German text version

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Ausst.-Kat. Eisenach 2015, 97, No. 27] [Ausst.-Kat. Lübeck 2021, No 1] [KKL 2022]

Dating: 1525

Dating

1525	[datiert, KKL 2022]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 12.5 - 12.6 cm diameter (probably cropped) x 0.4 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 12.5 - 12.6 cm diameter (probably cropped) x 0.4 cm
[KKL 2022]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1525' with orange paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1525' with orange paint
[KKL 2022]

Inscriptions: Inscription on the left side: 'ÆTATIS SV: || 42 . IAR'
[KKL 2022]

Inscriptions

Inscriptions:

Inscription on the left side: 'ÆTATIS SV: || 42 . IAR'
[KKL 2022]

Labels: Reverse: - seal, probably the coat of arms of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
[Senger online database, …

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:

Reverse: - seal, probably the coat of arms of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

[Senger online database, accessed 20-03-2019]

Owner: Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck, die Lübecker Museen
Repository: St. Annen-Museum, Lübeck
Location: Lübeck

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P276
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
KKL-No: III.M4, Part of portait group III
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P276/

Provenance

- 2012 with the art dealer Senger Bamberg Kunsthandel GmbH
[Senger online database, accessed 20-03-2019]
- since October 2020 property of the St. Annen-Museum, Lübeck

Exhibitions

Lübeck 2021, no. 1

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021

172

001

Fig. p. 172

Editor	Dagmar Täube
Title	Lucas Cranach der Ältere und Hans Kemmer. Meistermaler zwischen Renaissance und Reformation [Lübeck, St. Annen-Museum]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2021

Show Literature

Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015

No. 27

Fig. p. 97

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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Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525

Images

Documents

Technical studies

Date2018 - 2021

Support

see German version

Condition Reports

Date2018 - 2021

see German version

examined by Wibke Ottweiler

Versions3

Support made from the same tree9

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Roundel portrait of Martin Luther', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P276/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
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