Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Title

Martin Luther

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

A half-length portrait facing right. The sitter wears a black gown, a black doublet with a red trimming, a white shirt with a black band and holds a small, closed book in his hands. He is bare-headed and he does not look at the viewer. He is depicted against a

A half-length portrait facing right. The sitter wears a black gown, a black doublet with a red trimming, a white shirt with a black band and holds a small, closed book in his hands. He is bare-headed and he does not look at the viewer. He is depicted against a light blue background.

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Production date
about 1541

Production date

about 1541

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 33 x 35 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 33 x 35 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 43.3 x 31.5 cm

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left of sitter's head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia left of sitter's head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right; in black paint

  • [Görres, cda 2012]

Owner
Evangelisches Predigerseminar Wittenberg
Repository
Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_LHW_G72
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHW_G72/

Provenance

  • Hofstaatsdame Frl. von Gersdorff, Berlin
  • 1917 acquisition
    [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Kühne, Strehle 1993 93
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. 258
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. 4
AuthorMartin Treu, Hans Pellmann
TitleDie Lutherhalle Wittenberg
SeriesKleine Kunstführer
Volume1924
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1991
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Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1984 267 p. 254
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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Jordan 1924 61
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleZur Geschichte der Sammlungen der Lutherhalle 1877-1922
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1924
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  • Martin Luther, about 1541

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  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible; possibly some delicate, fine traced lines (dark chalk) in the face

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

Date13.07.2001

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  • conservation treatment by Ateliergemeinschaft Reschke & Beck

Date31.03.1990

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  • conservation treatment by Werner Körber

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