Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Title

[KKL 2022]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Hoffmann 1992, p. 42]

See German text version

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Hoffmann 1992, p. 42] [Ausst.-Kat. Weimar 2015, p. 86] [KKL 2022]

Production date: 1528

Production date

1528	[dated, KKL 2022]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 37.6 x 25.6 x 0.4-0.5 (edges) - 0.9 (midth) cm (bevelled to 4 - 5 mm at the edges)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 37.6 x 25.6 x 0.4-0.5 (edges) - 0.9 (midth) cm (bevelled to 4 - 5 mm at the edges)
[Klassik Stiftung Weimar, revised 2021]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia on the right next to the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1528'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the right next to the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1528'
[KKL 2022]

Owner: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Repository: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Location: Weimar

CDA ID: DE_KSW_G559
FR (1978) Nr.: FR312-313A
KKL-No: IV.M3a, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW_G559/

Provenance

Mathilde Arnemann, Kiel
Arnemann Family, Hamburg
1908 acquired by the art dealer Franz Hancke, Breslau
[Hoffmann 1992, p. 42]

Exhibitions

Weimar, Wittenberg 1953, no. 34
Weimar 1972, nos. 34, 35, Figs. p. 59
Berlin 1983, no. E 34.1 and 34.2 with Figs.
Schweinfurt 1985, 74 ff., under nos. 11, 12 with Figs.

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015 .

84, 86

Fig. 51

Editor	Wolfgang Holler, Karin Kolb
Title	Cranach in Weimar, [Weimar, Schiller-Museum, 3 April - 14 June 2015]
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	2015

Cat. Weimar 1992 .

42-44

No. 13a

Figs.

Author	Helga Hoffmann
Editor	Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar
Title	Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar. Die deutschen Gemälde des XVI. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Fulda
Year of Publication	1992

Exhib. Cat. Schweinfurt 1985 .

74 ff.

under Nos. 11, 12

Author	Isolde Lübbeke, Bruno Bushart
Title	Altdeutsche Bilder der Sammlung Georg Schäfer Schweinfurt
Place of Publication	Schweinfurt
Year of Publication	1985

Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1983 .

Nos. E 34.1, 34.2

Figs.

Editor	Altes Museum, Berlin
Title	Kunst der Reformationzeit
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1983

Ullmann 1982 .

49 f.

Fig. 14

Editor	Ernst Ullmann
Title	Kunst und Reformation
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1982

Riemann 1980 .

115 ff.

Figs. 7, 8

Author	Konrad Riemann
Title	Maltechnische Untersuchungen an Gemälden von Lucas Cranach d.Ä.
Volume	3
Journal	Bildende Kunst
Year of Publication	1980
Pages	115-118, 151-152

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 .

131

No. 312A

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1972 .

Nos. 34, 35

Fig. p. 59

Author	n. a.
Title	Lucas Cranach, Zeit, Leben, Werk. Dokumentationsausstellung des Cranach-Komitees der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik 1972[Wittenberg, Staatl. Lutherhalle, 9. September - 31. Dezember 1972]
Place of Publication	Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1972

Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953 .

No. 34

Author	Walther Scheidig
Editor	Deutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
Title	Lucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of Publication	Weimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1953

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 .

251c

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

Cat. Weimar 1913 .

Nos. 145, 146

Editor	Willibald Hermens
Title	Katalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1913

Cat. Weimar 1910 .

Nos. 137, 138

Author	n. a.
Title	Katalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Issue	Sixth edition
Year of Publication	1910

Gabelentz-Linsingen 1910 .

32, 88, Fn. 8

Plate 5

Author	Hans von der Gabelentz-Linsingen
Title	Führer durch das Großherzogliche Museum in Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1910

Flechsig 1900 A .

260 ff.

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Cranachstudien
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	page/n5/mode/2up

Connected Works

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528

Images

Documents

DE_KSW_G559_FR312-313A_2014-10_X-radiograph-report.pdf

Technical studies

06.10.2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

X-radiography

DE_KSW_G559_FR312-313A_2014-10_X-radiograph-report.pdf

Equipmet: ERESCO 42 MF 4 from the company GE.

Scanner: CRxFlex.

Parameters: 60 KV, 6mA, 20 seconds

Distance from object: 3m

[HfBK Dresden, Prof. I. Mohrmann, K. Risse, 06.10.2014]

created by I. Mohrmann
created by HfBK Dresden
created by K. Risse

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry medium, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- traced delicate, fine lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the essential facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define forms

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

-not possible

Comments:

- transferred (traced) from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

1988Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

- a single plank

Underdrawing

- the underdrawing in the face is clearly visible (Infrared photograph: IfD Berlin, J. Fritz 1972)

Paint Layers and Gilding

- the original edges of the painted surface have been preserved on the left, the top and the right

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 42]

1972Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared photography

Underdrawing

photographed by J. Fritz
photographed by Institut für Denkmalpflege, Berlin

Condition Reports

Date1990

the panel exhibits a slight convex warp
the panel has been trimmed slightly
there is a large retouching on the right (?) cheek, numerous small retouchings on the forehead and in the background

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 42]

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