Portrait of a girl (Magdalena Luther)

Portrait of a girl (Magdalena Luther)

Title

Portrait of a girl (Magdalena Luther)

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

A half-length figure of a girl aged about ten, facing left and wearing a black robe with a white undergarment. Her arms are folded, she has dainty hands and a black hairband holds back her long blond wavy hair, which hangs loose. Her face is round with a pointed chin,

A half-length figure of a girl aged about ten, facing left and wearing a black robe with a white undergarment. Her arms are folded, she has dainty hands and a black hairband holds back her long blond wavy hair, which hangs loose. Her face is round with a pointed chin, she has almond-shaped dark eyes and looks in an expressive manner towards the viewer.

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

'spätere Werkstattkopie'
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 153A, 101]

Production dates
about 1500 - 1599
about 1600 or later

Production dates

about 1500 - 1599

"16. Jahrhundert" [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

about 1600 or later

[Heydenreich, cda 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 37 x 27 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 37 x 27 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 51.3 x 40.9 cm

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Repository
Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_LHW_G12
FR (1978) Nr.
FR153A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHW_G12/

Provenance

Augustin Collection
[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Treu, Pellmann 1991 88-90 p. 89
AuthorMartin Treu, Hans Pellmann
TitleDie Lutherhalle Wittenberg
SeriesKleine Kunstführer
Volume1924
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1991
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Kabus 1986 32
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
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Starke 1986 17
AuthorElfriede Starke
TitleLukas Cranach d. Ä. - Künstler der Reformationszeit: Ständige Ausstellung in der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg seit dem 16. April 1983.
Publicationin Ronny Kabus, ed., Schriftenreihe der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg
SeriesSchriftenreihe der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg
Volume2
Year of Publication1986
Pages15-22
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 101 153A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Thulin 1967 73 62
AuthorOskar Thulin
TitleBilder der Reformation. Aus den Sammlungen der Lutherhalle in Wittenberg
Place of PublicationBerlin
IssueThird edition
Year of Publication1967
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Thulin 1956 70 61
AuthorOskar Thulin
TitleBilder der Reformation. Aus den Sammlungen der Lutherhalle in Wittenberg
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1956
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 cf. 130
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
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Jordan 1924 6, 27, 47
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleZur Geschichte der Sammlungen der Lutherhalle 1877-1922
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1924
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Schreckenbach, Neubert 1921 142
AuthorPaul Schreckenbach, Franz Neubert
TitleMartin Luther. Ein Bild seines Lebens und Wirkens
Place of PublicationLeipzig
IssueThird edition
Year of Publication1921
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Jordan 1920 6
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleLutherhalle Wittenberg. Führer durch die Sammlungen des Lutherhauses
Place of PublicationWittenberg
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1920
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Research History / Discussion

The prototype for this painting (FR153) is dated 'about 1520' by Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 101, which excludes Magdalena Luther (born 1529) as a possible sitter.

[Görres, cda 2012]

'The original by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520, is in the Louvre and the sitter has been erroneously identified as Magdalena Luther. In 1520 Luther was still a monk. There are numerous engravings (mostly 18th and 19th century) after this painting, which bear the same erroneous title.'

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

  • Portrait of a girl (Magdalena Luther), about 1500 - 1599

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Technical studies

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

Conservation History

Date07.06.2001

  • conservation treatment by Ateliergemeinschaft Reschke & Beck

Versions

Portrait of a Young Girl
  • Portrait of a Young Girl, about 1523 - 1528
  • F_MdLP_RF1767
  • Painting
  • Musée du Louvre, Paris

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