Portrait of Martin Luther

Portrait of Martin Luther

Title

Portrait of Martin Luther

[CDA 2011]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Half-length portrait depicting the sitter in three-quarter profile, facing right against a dark brownish green background. He wears a black academic robe and a beret.

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Production date
about 1600 - 1900?

Production date

about 1600 - 1900?

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 48.8 x 34.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 48.8 x 34.4 cm

  • [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top right: winged serpent

  • [not genuine, cda 2011]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top right:
    'D.MARTIN.LVTHER'; in black paint Reverse of the panel: - top right:
    printed label with the coat-of-arms (Baselstab) …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top right:

  • 'D.MARTIN.LVTHER'; in black paint

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top right:

  • printed label with the coat-of-arms (Baselstab) and 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL [printed], 1943 Nr. 1236 (Bachofensammlung 1920) Schule des Lukas Cranach Bildnis des Martin Luther. [handwritten]'

    • bottom right:

  • address label, torn: '...rrn [in pencil] Prof. Bachof...'

    • top centre:

  • in red chalk 'A'

    • half way up the panel:

  • in blue chalk 'A 94'

  • [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Owner
Prof. J.J. Bachofen-Burckhardt-Stiftung
Repository
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Location
Basel
CDA ID
CH_KMB_1236
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KMB_1236/

Provenance

  • auction, Museum Christian Hammer, Stockholm, in 'Gemälde-Sammlungen II. Teil', Cologne, 05-06.10.1894, lot 64 [1]
  • a bequest from the Prof. J.J. Bachofen-Burckhardt-Stiftung 1921
    [1][Exhib. Cat. Basel 2019, 158]
    [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Exhibitions

Basel 2019

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Basel 2019 158 Fig. p. 158
EditorBodo Brinkmann, Gabriel Dette, Kunstmuseum Basel
TitleBilderlust. Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt. Sammeln und Stiften für Basel [Basel, Kunstmuseum]
Place of PublicationBasel
Year of Publication2019
Show Literature
  • Portrait of Martin Luther, about 1600 - 1900?

Images

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  • overall
  • reverse

Technical studies

2011Technical Examination

  • reverse

Support

- two vertical planks

- the join has been covered with a canvas application

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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