Roundel portrait of Martin Luther

Roundel portrait of Martin Luther

Title

Roundel portrait of Martin Luther

[KKL 2022]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein, report 2020]

See German text version

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[KKL 2022]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 189B, 108]

Production date
1525

Production date

1525

[dated, KKL 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 11.05 x 11.15 cm diameter (cropped) x 0.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 11.05 x 11.15 cm diameter (cropped) x 0.4 cm

  • Dimensions of painted surface: about 10.3 cm diameter

  • [KKL 2022]

  • Dimensions including frame: 21.5 x 21.8 cm

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia left of sitter's shoulder: winged serpent (facing right) and dated '1525'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia left of sitter's shoulder: winged serpent (facing right) and dated '1525'

  • [KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels
Verso: Carved "5"

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Verso: Carved "5"
  • [KKL 2022]
Owner
Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Repository
Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_LHW_G11
FR (1978) Nr.
FR189B
KKL-No
III.M2a, Part of portait group III
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHW_G11/

Provenance

See German text version
[KKL 2022]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Joestel 2008 . 97 p. 96
EditorVolkmar Joestel
TitleLuthers Schatzkammer. Kostbarkeiten im Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Place of PublicationDößel
Year of Publication2008
Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1999 . 52-53
EditorLutherhalle, Wittenberg
Title"Lieber Herr Käthe" - Katharina von Bora, die Lutherin. Aufsätze anläßlich ihres 500. Geburtstages
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1999
Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1992 . 232, 233
AuthorVolkmar Joestel
TitleDer Reformator mit dem Hammer. Zur Wirkungsgeschichte von Luthers "Thesenanschlag" bis 1917
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1992
Treu, Pellmann 1991 . p. 53
AuthorMartin Treu, Hans Pellmann
TitleDie Lutherhalle Wittenberg
SeriesKleine Kunstführer
Volume1924
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1991
Kabus 1989 .
AuthorRonny Kabus
TitleLucas Cranachs Heimkehr nach Wittenberg - Rückführung zweier Gemälde in die Lutherhalle
SeriesSchriftenreihe der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Issue5
Year of Publication1989
Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1988 . 9-12
AuthorElke Stiegler
TitleMode zur Lutherzeit. Sonderausstellung vom 13. Juni 1987 bis 14 Febr. 1988
SeriesSchriftenreihe der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg
Volume4
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1988
Kabus 1986 . 5 p. 6
AuthorRonny Kabus
Title"Es erstattet doch nimmer ein Sieg, was verloren wird durch den Krieg"
SeriesSchriftenreihe der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg
Volume2
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1986
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 . 108 189B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Thulin 1967 . 69, 70 60
AuthorOskar Thulin
TitleBilder der Reformation. Aus den Sammlungen der Lutherhalle in Wittenberg
Place of PublicationBerlin
IssueThird edition
Year of Publication1967
Thulin 1956 . 66, 69, 70 59
AuthorOskar Thulin
TitleBilder der Reformation. Aus den Sammlungen der Lutherhalle in Wittenberg
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1956
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 . 160E
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
Jordan 1924 . 6, 29, 65
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleZur Geschichte der Sammlungen der Lutherhalle 1877-1922
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1924
Jordan 1920 . 6
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleLutherhalle Wittenberg. Führer durch die Sammlungen des Lutherhauses
Place of PublicationWittenberg
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1920
Flechsig 1900 B . pl. 84
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln

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  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525

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Documents

Technical studies

Date2018 - 2021

Support

See German version

06. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

Condition Reports

Date2018 - 2021

See German version

  • examined by Wibke Ottweiler

Conservation History

Date07.06.2001

  • conservation treatment by Ateliergemeinschaft Reschke & Beck

Versions

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  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525
  • CH_KMB_177
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  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525
  • DE_SMN_25
  • Painting
  • Stadtmuseum Nördlingen
Roundel portrait of Martin Luther
  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P276
  • Painting
  • Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck, die Lübecker Museen
Roundel portrait of Martin Luther
  • Roundel portrait of Martin Luther, 1525
  • US_MLMNY_B3-114-Fa
  • Painting
  • The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

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