Martin Luther is depicted wearing a black academic gown against a blue background. The pendant portrays his pupil Philipp Melanchthon. Compared with older versions produced by Cranach this version of Luther exhibits modified details like the tilted beret and the double curl above the ear, which comply with the portraits
Martin Luther is depicted wearing a black academic gown against a blue background. The pendant portrays his pupil Philipp Melanchthon. Compared with older versions produced by Cranach this version of Luther exhibits modified details like the tilted beret and the double curl above the ear, which comply with the portraits of 1532 and 1533. These were produced in large quantities and were for the most part small in format.
[Karin Geiger, Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg, 2011]
- Attributions
-
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Karin Geiger, Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg, 2011] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Martin Schawe, Alte Pinakothek Munich, 01.04.2011] |
- Production date
- 1532
Production date
1532 | [pendant dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 19 x 15 x 0.3 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19 x 15 x 0.3 cm
[Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- on the blue background; in black paint:
'IN SILENTIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA.' Reverse of the panel: - …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- on the blue background; in black paint:
'IN SILENTIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA.'
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - top centre:
label with handwritten number in brown ink: '2434-b'
- bottom, centre:
printed label: 'Königl. Bay[...]Staats-Gemälde-S[...], Neues Inventar Nr. [...] 1855' handwritten in black ink: '713.'
printed label: 'Bayerische-Staats-Gemälde-Sammlungen Inv.-Nr.' and stamp handwritten: '713: neu: 1135a, L. Cranach d.Ä. Martin Luther'
[Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg, revised 2011]
- Owner
- Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
- Repository
- Historisches Museum der Stadt Regensburg
- Location
- Regensburg
- CDA ID
- DE_BStGS-HMR_713A
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR314-315B
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS-HMR_713A/
- on the blue background; in black paint: