Half-length portrait of an elderly Martin Luther facing right against a blue background. Luther is wearing a beige coloured, sleeveless coat over a black robe. It is trimmed and lined with different types of fur. He holds a closed book in his hands. The painting is the central panel of
Half-length portrait of an elderly Martin Luther facing right against a blue background. Luther is wearing a beige coloured, sleeveless coat over a black robe. It is trimmed and lined with different types of fur. He holds a closed book in his hands. The painting is the central panel of a triptych. The wing panels display text blocks (each 66.5 x 30 cm) recording Luther's life in Vulgar Latin (see Interpretation/History/Discussion).
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Wörlitz, revised 2015] |
- Production date
- 1547
Production date
1547 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 67 x 66 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 67 x 66 cm
[Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Wörlitz, revised 2015]
- Signature / Dating
- Artist's insignia and date at the bottom right: winged serpent with dropped wings and date '1547'.
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia and date at the bottom right: winged serpent with dropped wings and date '1547'.
[Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Wörlitz, revised 2015]
- Owner
- Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Wörlitz
- Repository
- Evangelische Kirchgemeinde Wörlitz
- Location
- Wörlitz
- CDA ID
- DE_EKW_NONE-EKW001
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_EKW_NONE-EKW001/