Martin Luther, half-length, facing left

Attribution

Production date

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'

• [KKL 2022]

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]