The portrait of 'Martin Luther in a Shroud' complies with a series of identical compositions examined in a comparative study by Georg Stuhlfauth in 1927. The university of Leipzig owns two works of this pictorial type. However the other version depicts Luther against a light background and is slightly larger
The portrait of 'Martin Luther in a Shroud' complies with a series of identical compositions examined in a comparative study by Georg Stuhlfauth in 1927. The university of Leipzig owns two works of this pictorial type. However the other version depicts Luther against a light background and is slightly larger in size. (see Inv. No. 1951-180).
The prototype of the depiction is probably - corresponding composition - a brush drawing in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin, and this in turn may be the portrait of the deceased Luther that was according to eye-witnesses executed by Furtenagel in Eisleben, 'after he [Luther] had lain one night in a coffin' ("nachdem dieser schon eine Nacht im Sarck gelegen"). This context may explain why the painting has been repeatedly attributed to Furtenagel, although Cranach's authorship is more probable.
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- Attributions
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Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
| Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder | [cda 2015] |
| Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015] |
- Production date
- after 1546
Production date
| after 1546 | [cda 2015] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 50 x 34 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 50 x 34 cm
Dimensions of painted surface: 48 x 32.5 cm
Dimensions including frame: 58 x 42.5 x 2.7 cm
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- Signature / Dating
None
- Owner
- Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
- Repository
- Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
- Location
- Leipzig
- CDA ID
- DE_KSUL_0633-90
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0633-90/
