Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Title

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

[KKL 2022]

Painiting on beech wood

See German text version

Attribution
Werkstatt Lucas Cranach der Ältere

Attribution

Werkstatt Lucas Cranach der Ältere

[KKL 2022]

Production date
1529

Production date

1529

[dated, KKL 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 38.5 x 24.7 x 1.0 cm (bevelled to 4 - 5 mm at the edges)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 38.5 x 24.7 x 1.0 cm (bevelled to 4 - 5 mm at the edges)

  • [KKL 2022]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia: serpent with elevated wings and date '1529' with black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia: serpent with elevated wings and date '1529' with black paint

  • [KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels

'M . L || IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'
[KKL 2022] See German Version

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • 'M . L || IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'

  • [KKL 2022]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • See German Version

Owner
Europäische Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten
Repository
Melanchthonhaus, Bretten
Location
Bretten
CDA ID
DE_MHB_1a
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
KKL-No
IV.M12a, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MHB_1a/

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Connected Works

Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left
  • Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left, 1529
  • DE_MHB_1b
  • Painting
  • Europäische Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten

Provenance

  • formerly property of Nikolaus Müller, founder of the Melanchthonhaus, Bretten
    [KKL 2022]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, No. 43

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 41-42 43
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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Documents

Technical studies

Date2018 - 2021

see German page

Condition Reports

Date2018 - 2021

see German page

  • examined by Wibke Ottweiler

Conservation History

Date1933 - 1992

see German page

Versions

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528
  • DE_KSVC_M417
  • Painting
  • Oberfrankenstiftung
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528
  • DE_KSW_G559
  • Painting
  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1528 - 1530
  • DE_LHW_G16
  • Painting
  • Evangelisches Predigerseminar Wittenberg
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1528 - 1530
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P409
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528
  • DE_NLMH_PAM973
  • Painting
  • Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_HLMD_GK73a
  • Painting
  • Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • IT_GdU_1160
  • Painting
  • Galleria Uffizi, Firenze
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528 - 1530
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P410
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528 - 1530
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P031
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1528 - 1530
  • DE_FSH-Lost_5P
  • Painting
  • Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1529 - 1530
  • DE_SPSG_GKI50476
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_KBSB_B59
  • Painting
  • Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Stadtgemeinde
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • I_MPP_1036
  • Painting
  • Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, as of 1531
  • CH_MAS_A1950
  • Painting
  • Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1530
  • DE_KMG_34-1955
  • Painting
  • Kulturhistorisches Museum Görlitz
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, as of 1528
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P400
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, as of 1529
  • DE_SWMO_III-457-K1
  • Painting
  • Stadt- und Waagenmuseum Oschatz
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_SMG_SG18
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha

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