Katharina von Bora

Katharina von Bora

Title

Katharina von Bora

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Painting on beech wood(?)

Medium

Painting on beech wood(?)

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

A half-length portrait, facing left. The sitter wears a black robe, a white bodice with black laces, a white blouse with black embroidery and a delicate bonnet with a broad yellow band across the forehead and under the chin. She looks at 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

[Heydenreich, cda 2012]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Production date
1528 or later

Production date

1528 or later

Dated [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 36 x 26 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 36 x 26 cm

  • (without additions)

  • Dimensions of support: 36.8 x 26.2 cm

  • (with additions)

  • Dimensions including frame: 45 x 34.8 cm

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left of sitter's collar: winged serpent und dated '1528'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia left of sitter's collar: winged serpent und dated '1528'

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Owner
Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Repository
Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_LHW_G17
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHW_G17/

Provenance

Augustin Collection
[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Joestel 2008 100 p. 101
EditorVolkmar Joestel
TitleLuthers Schatzkammer. Kostbarkeiten im Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Place of PublicationDößel
Year of Publication2008
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Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1999 36-37 p. 37
EditorLutherhalle, Wittenberg
Title"Lieber Herr Käthe" - Katharina von Bora, die Lutherin. Aufsätze anläßlich ihres 500. Geburtstages
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1999
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Kühne, Strehle 1993 24-26
AuthorHeinrich Kühne, Jutta Strehle
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere in Wittenberg. Cranachwerke in Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1993
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Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1992 p. 180
AuthorVolkmar Joestel
TitleDer Reformator mit dem Hammer. Zur Wirkungsgeschichte von Luthers "Thesenanschlag" bis 1917
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1992
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Treu, Pellmann 1991 p. 73
AuthorMartin Treu, Hans Pellmann
TitleDie Lutherhalle Wittenberg
SeriesKleine Kunstführer
Volume1924
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1991
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Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1984 195 35
AuthorRonny Kabus, Hans-Joachim Beeskow
TitleMartin Luther 1483 bis 1546 in der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg. Katalog zur Ausstellung
Place of PublicationRostock
Year of Publication1984
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Kabus, Pötschke 1983 p. 31
AuthorRonny Kabus, Jutta Pötzschke
TitleMartin Luther 1483-1546. Ein Begleitheft durch die Hauptausstellung der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg
Place of PublicationErfurt
Year of Publication1983
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Thulin 1967 70 61
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 69 60
AuthorOskar Thulin
TitleBilder der Reformation. Aus den Sammlungen der Lutherhalle in Wittenberg
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1956
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Jordan 1924 6, 27, 47, 71
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleZur Geschichte der Sammlungen der Lutherhalle 1877-1922
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1924
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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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06. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

Date17.06.2001

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  • conservation treatment by Ateliergemeinschaft Reschke & Beck

Date30.01.1979

  • conservation treatment by Werner Körber

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