Martin Luther with a doctoral cap

Martin Luther with a doctoral cap

Title

Martin Luther with a doctoral cap

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Painting on softwood

Medium

Painting on softwood

[cda 2013]

Profile portrait of Luther facing left and wearing a doctoral cap and a black habit over a shirt with red collar.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Production date
about 1600

Production date

about 1600

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 32.1 x 24.7 x 0.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 32.1 x 24.7 x 0.6 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • at the top edge: 'IN SILENTIO EXISFE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA.
    MARTINVS LVTHERVS'

  • within a title block at the bottom edge:

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • at the top edge:
  • 'IN SILENTIO EXISFE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA.

  • MARTINVS LVTHERVS'

    • within a title block at the bottom edge:
  • 'ASSERVIT CHRISTVM DIVINA VICE LVTHERVS

  • CVLTIBVS OPPRESSAM RESTITVITQVE FIDEM

  • ILLIVS ABSENTIS VVLTVM HAECE EPINGIT IMAGO

  • PRAESENTEM MELIVS CERNERE NEMO POTEST.'

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • verso: - top right: remains of of red seal

    • upper part: french newspaper article glued to the panel; heading: "[L]es merveilles artistiques [...]néanties à Schaffhouse"
    • beneath paper with handwritten french translation of the lower inscription of the painting
    • beneath paper: "M.D.XXI U52ID"
Owner
Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Munich
Repository
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Location
Eisenach
CDA ID
DE_ESK-WSE_M-DLG3
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_ESK-WSE_M-DLG3/

Provenance

on permanent loan from the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, Munich

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015 88 21 Fig. p. 89
EditorGünter Schuchardt
TitleCranach, Luther und die Bildnisse. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung auf der Wartburg, 2. April bis 19. Juli 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
  • Martin Luther with a doctoral cap, about 1600

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Technical studies

02. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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