Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Title

Martin Luther

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

This half-length portrait depicts the reformer as an old man behind a balustrade and holding a closed book in his hands.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2015]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

Production dates
after 1560
about 1545

Production dates

after 1560

[cda 2015]

about 1545

[http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 41 x 29.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 41 x 29.5 cm

  • [http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
Repository
Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
Location
Leipzig
CDA ID
DE_KSUL_0034-90
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0034-90/

Connected Works

Philipp Melanchthon
  • Philipp Melanchthon, after 1560
  • DE_KSUL_0035-90
  • Painting
  • Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig

Provenance

  • property of the Department of Philosophy (Roter Kolleg), Leipzig
    [Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig, revised 2015]
  • Martin Luther, after 1560

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared refectography
  • irr

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk, stylus

Type/Ductus:

- economic underdrawing (possibly traced)

- fine/thin lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; lines define the main contours, describe the essential details and facial features; representation of volume with hatching-strokes only on the cheek

Deviations:

- minor correction were made to the forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably traced or copied from a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'Martin Luther', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0034-90/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'Martin Luther', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0034-90/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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