Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Title

Martin Luther

[Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Bust portrait of Martin Luther in three-quarter profile, facing to his left, wearing a beret and holding a book with a cloth cover in his hands.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Production date
1543

Production date

1543

[Pendant, Philipp Melanchthon dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.8 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20.8 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm

  • [Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the pendant Melanchthon: serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1543'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the pendant Melanchthon: serpent (with dropped wings) and date '1543'

  • [Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Schloss Gottorf, Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Schleswig
Location
Schleswig
CDA ID
DE_SHLM_NONE-003
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SHLM_NONE-003/

Connected Works

Philipp Melanchthon
  • Philipp Melanchthon, 1543
  • DE_SHLM_NONE-004
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

Provenance

  • since 1992 or 1993 on loan to the museum from a private collection
    [Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Bremen 2009, no. 10

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Florence 2017 66 under no. 2
EditorFrancesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara
Title I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee [Uffizi, Florence]
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
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Fleischhauer 2005 70f. Fig. 2
AuthorCarsten Fleischhauer
TitleDer Wandel der Jenseitsvorstellungen durch die Reformation
Publicationin Herwig Guratzsch, Claus von Carnap-Bornheim, eds. Wege ins Jenseits. Mit Walküren zu Odin, mit Engeln zu Gott Exhib. Cat. Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf
Place of PublicationNeumünster
Year of Publication2005
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Cat. Schleswig 1997 293-294 144 p. 126
EditorHeinz Spielmann
TitleSchloß Gottorf und seine Sammlungen. Renaissance und Barock
SeriesNeue Bildhefte
Place of PublicationSchleswig
Year of Publication1997
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Exhib. Cat. Schleswig 1997 544 175
EditorJan Drees, Heinz Spielmann
TitleGottorf im Glanz des Barock. Kunst und Kultur am Schleswiger Hof 1544-1713. Bd. 1: Die Herzöge und ihre Sammlung
Volume1
Place of PublicationSchleswig
Year of Publication1997
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Drees 1994 67
AuthorJan Drees
TitleBildnispaar Martin Luther und Philipp Melanchthon um 1543
JournalJahrbuch des Schleswig-Holsteinischen Landesmuseums Schloss Gottorf
IssueN.F. 4 (1992-1993)
Year of Publication1994
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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 354, 355 178a Fig. 178
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
Show Literature
Westrum 1979 170, 172
AuthorGeerd Westrum
TitleAltdeutsche Malerei
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1979
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  • Martin Luther, 1543

Images

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Technical studies

08. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk; in combination with a fluid, black medium and brush

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing

- delicate, fine lines; occasional thin lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe the facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger?

Comment:

- probably with reference to a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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