Martin Luther, half-length, facing left

Martin Luther, half-length, facing left

Title

Martin Luther, half-length, facing left

[KKL 2022]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein 06.08.2020a]

See German text version

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[KKL 2022]

Production date
as of 1529

Production date

as of 1529

[KKL 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 76.2 x 56.0 x 1.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 76.2 x 56.0 x 1.2 cm

  • [KKL 2022]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top right corner: serpent without wings with black paint, facing left, in the middle of digits of date '1529'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia top right corner: serpent without wings with black paint, facing left, in the middle of digits of date '1529'

  • [KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels

'IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'
Luther's motto goes back to Isaiah 30,15 and can be translated as …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • 'IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'

  • Luther's motto goes back to Isaiah 30,15 and can be translated as 'in quietness and in trust shall be your strength'. Luther himself translated in 1528 as follows: "Durch stille sein und hoffen würdet ir starck sein." (D. Martin Luthers Werke, Weimar edition, Bibel, vol. 11.I, 96)

  • [Daniel Görres, KKL 2022]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Verso: - red seal, depiction lost

  • [KKL 2022]

Owner
Ev.-Luth. Kirchengemeinde St. Anna, Augsburg
Repository
St. Anna Kirche, Augsburg
Location
Augsburg
CDA ID
DE_SAA_NONE-SAA002
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
KKL-No
IV.M24a, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SAA_NONE-SAA002/

Provenance

See German text version

Exhibitions

Augsburg 1997, No. 6

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Augsburg 1997 6
EditorJosef Kirmeier
Title"...wider Laster und Sünde": Augsburgs Weg in der Reformation, Augsburg, St. Anna, 26. April - 10. August 1997
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication1997
Exhib. Cat. Augsburg 1996 102
EditorHelmut Gier
TitleReformation und Reichsstadt - Luther in Augsburg, Augsburg, Staats- und Stadtbibliothek, 28 April - 11 August 1996
Place of PublicationAugsburg
Year of Publication1996
Stetten 1788 162
AuthorPaul von Stetten
TitleBeschreibung der Reichs-Stadt Augsburg
Place of PublicationAugsburg
Year of Publication1788
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Technical studies

Date2018 - 2021

Support

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Condition Reports

Date2018 - 2021

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