Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian monk

Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian monk

Title

Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian monk

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Painting on oak wood

Medium

Painting on oak wood

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]
[Klein, Report 1994]

The panel by an anonymous painter shows Luther in three-quarter profile and facing left, wearing the black frock of the Augustinian order. The book and the slightly raised left hand distinguish him as a theological minister or teacher.

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
German Painter of the 17th century

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2013]

German Painter of the 17th century

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Production date
after 1615

Production date

after 1615

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 39 x 28.7/28.6 (bottom/top) x 0.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 39 x 28.7/28.6 (bottom/top) x 0.9 cm

  • [Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • at the top edge:
    'Fr.[ater] Marttin Lluter. Ord.[inis] S.[ancti] August.[ini] Erem.[itorum]'
    ('Brother Martin Luther, …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • at the top edge:

  • 'Fr.[ater] Marttin Lluter. Ord.[inis] S.[ancti] August.[ini] Erem.[itorum]'

  • ('Brother Martin Luther, Order of St Augustine')

  • [Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Recto: - in the bottom left corner:

  • barely visible, in red paint '650'

  • Reverse of the panel:

    • two small labels with the numbers: '18' and '1[?]43', probably 19th century
    • two labels from the Staatlichen Museen Kassel, 20th century

  • [Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Owner
Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
Repository
Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
Location
Kassel
CDA ID
DE_MHK_GK1028
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MHK_GK1028/

Provenance

  • according to the entry in the inventory of 1749 the panel was already the property of the landgrave about 1750 and must have been acquired at the latest at the time of Wilhelms Vlll.
    [Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015 76 14 Fig. p. 77
EditorGünter Schuchardt
TitleCranach, Luther und die Bildnisse. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung auf der Wartburg, 2. April bis 19. Juli 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 110 under No. 10 Fig. 1
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Cat. Kassel 1997 103-105
AuthorAnja Schneckenburger-Broschek
EditorStaatliche Museen Kassel
TitleAltdeutsche Malerei. Die Tafelbilder und Altäre des 14. bis 16. Jahrhunderts in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und im Hessischen Landesmuseum Kassel. Bestandskatalog Staatliche Museen Kassel
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1997
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Cat. Kassel 1996 98
EditorBernhard Schnackenburg
TitleGesamtkatalog Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister. Staatliche Museen Kassel
Place of PublicationMainz
Year of Publication1996
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 194, 196
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
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Klein 1994 A 196 Tab. 3
AuthorPeter Klein
TitleLucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages194-200
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Klein 1994 B 215
AuthorPeter Klein
TitleHolzartenbestimmung und dendrochronologische Analyse an Gemäldetafeln von Lucas Cranach d.Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
PublicationAllmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
Pages210-219
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Research History / Discussion

[see also MHK online database, accessed 07.12.2020]

  • Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian monk, after 1615

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Technical studies

1997Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- oak wood (examination report by Dr. Peter Klein from 09.10.1989)

- dendrochronological examination: see report Dr. Peter Klein from 09.10.1989

- single plank, vertical grain

- original size

Verso:

- original condition, black coating

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

Ground and Imprimatura

- double ground: firat layer thin white, second layer grey and coarse-grained

[Cat. Kassel 1997, 103]

24.03.1994Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

  • analysed by Peter Klein

09.10.1989 - Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: Oak wood

Youngest annual ring: 1596

[Klein Report, 09.10.1989]

  • examined by Peter Klein

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