Martin Luther after his death

Martin Luther after his death

Title

Martin Luther after his death

[CDA 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

A half-length portrait of the deceased Martin Luther. He wears a white shroud with frills, his eyes are closed and his head has sunk into the pillow, which fills the remaining pictorial space.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Production date
about 1574 (?)

Production date

about 1574 (?)

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 64 x 50.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 64 x 50.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr., repeated], Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeated): 'Inv. 49'; in white chalk: '820'

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: [Gal.-Nr., repeated], Sammlungsnachweis Pillnitz (repeated): 'Inv. 49'; in white chalk: '820'

  • [Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Owner
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Repository
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Location
Dresden
CDA ID
DE_SKD_GG1955
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKD_GG1955/

Provenance

  • originally in the private collection of the court architect and sculptor Giovanni Maria Nosseni (1544-1620)

  • 1621 inventory of the Kunstkammer
    [Sächs. HStADD, Cap. X a, Nr. 18 (Posse Bd. 1)][1]

  • 1700-1714 Kunstkammer inventory
    [Sächs. HStADD, Cap. X a, Nr. 10 (Posse)][2]

  • before 1722 in the Moritzburg
    [1722-1728 Inventar, B 1574[3]

  • 1830 Gemälde-Galerie

  • 1858 [Inventar Vorrat 1858, fol. 29 r.][4]

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 482]
[1] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 482, 486, Fn. 1]
[2] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 482, 486, Fn. 3]
[3] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 482, 486, Fn. 4]
[4] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 482, 486, Fn. 7]

Exhibitions

Torgau 2004, Bd. I, No. 256
Chemnitz 2005, No. 43

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Maaz 2010 92, 93
AuthorBernhard Maaz
TitleCranach in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
Place of PublicationBerlin, Munich
Year of Publication2010
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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 476, 480-487 43 Pl. p. 481
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
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Kolb 2005 A 126, 169 Fn. 72 43
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages112-173
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Kolb 2005 C 538, 546, 548-553 43
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleDokumentation zum Dresdener Cranach-Bestand
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages526-572
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Schölzel 2005 195, 196 43 Figs. 100a, 100b
AuthorChristoph Schölzel
TitleZeichnungen unter der Farbschicht. Zu den Unterzeichnungen von Cranachs Gemälden in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister und in der Rüstkammer Dresden
Publicationin Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of PublicationCologne
Year of Publication2005
Pages182-197
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Exhib. Cat. Torgau 2004 No. 256 (Bd. 1)
EditorHarald Marx, Eckhard Kluth, Cecilie Hollberg
TitleGlaube und Macht. Sachsen im Europa der Reformationszeit. 2. Sächsische Landesaussellung Schloss Hartenfels Torgau
Volume1-2
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication2004
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Kolb 2003 A 73-75
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleCranach als Reformationsmaler? Beobachtungen zu Cranach-Gemälden in der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden
JournalDresdner Hefte
Issue21/73
Year of Publication2003
Pages69-77
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Stahl 1982 43
AuthorIrmgard Stahl
TitleVerzeichnis der Luther-Bildnisse
SeriesDeutsche Staatsbibliothek Handschrifteninventare
Volume5
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1982
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Dieck 1962 201
AuthorAlfred Dieck
TitleCranachs Gemälde des toten Luther in Hannover und das Problem der Luther-Totenbilder
JournalNiederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte
Issue2
Year of Publication1962
Pages191-218
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Cat. Dresden 1930 A 56
AuthorHans Posse
TitleDie Staatliche Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Herausgegeben im Auftrage des Ministeriums für Volksbildung. Katalog der alten Meister. Kleine Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1930
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Stuhlfauth 1927 24
AuthorGeorg Stuhlfauth
TitleDie Bildnisse D. Martin Luthers im Tode
SeriesKunstgeschichtliche Forschungen zur Reformationsgeschichte
Volume1
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1927
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Hantzsch 1902 252
AuthorViktor Hantzsch
TitleBeiträge zur älteren Geschichte der kurfürstlichen Kunstkammer in Dresden
JournalNeues Archiv für Sächsische Geschichte
Issue23 (1902) 3/4
Year of Publication1902
Pages220-296
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Cat. Dresden 1887 620
AuthorKarl Woermann
TitleKatalog der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie zu Dresden. Grosse Ausgabe
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1887
Link https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/89861/5
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Lindau 1883 352, 353
AuthorMartin Bernhard Lindau
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Lebensbild aus dem Zeitalter der Reformation
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1883
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Cat. Dresden 1862 No. 1783
AuthorJulius Hübner
TitleVerzeichniss der Königlichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Dresden. Mit einer historischen Einleitung. Notizen über die Erwerbung und Angaben der Bezeichnung der einzelnen Bilder
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1862
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Schäfer 1860 968, 970
AuthorWilhelm Schäfer
TitleDie Königliche Gemälde-Gallerie im Neuen Museum zu Dresden. Beschreibung und Erläuterung sämmtlicher Gemälde nach der Ordnung der Räume begleitet von kunsgeschichtlichen und kritischen Erinnerungen
Volume1 - 3
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1860
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Reimer 1761 60
AuthorCarl Eberhard Reimer
TitleHistorisch kritische Abhandlung über das Leben und die Kunstwerke des berühmten deutschen Malers Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationHamburg, Leipzig
Year of Publication1761
Link v=onepage&q=Lucas%20Cranach&f=false
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Technical studies

08.04.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood

  • analysed by Peter Klein

28.09.2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

Results

Drawing material:

- dry

Technique:

- underdrawing in a dry material with simple strokes: contours and economical use of hatching-strokes to indicate the shadows on the temples, the cheeks and the nose; drawing in long precise lines, which is essentially binding for the subsequent painted version; corrections in the neckline and the ear in the drawing and minimal deviations in the painted version; the folds of the shirt are indicated with a few strokes [1]

- further underdrawing visible in the eye sockets, simple contours to indicate the hands, and similar lines particularly on the inside of the right sleeve and the gathered cuff over the back of the hand

- the neckline is indicated by a line of irregular dashes - either a dry drawing material was rubbed off here or the design was possibly transferred employing a stencil

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

[Böhme, Schölzel, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2012]

  • photographed by Christoph Schölzel
  • photographed by Alexandra Böhme

2005Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

Underdrawing in a dry material with simple strokes: contours and economical use of hatching-strokes to indicate the shadows on the temples, the cheeks and the nose; drawing in long precise lines, which is essentially binding for the subsequent painted version; corrections in the neckline and the ear in the drawing and minimal deviations in the painted version; the folds of the shirt are indicated with a few strokes.

Framing

New frame: stained profiled oak frame with gilded inner members, 20th century

[Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

2003Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • reverse

Support

- vertical direction of the grain

- marks from a toothed plane

[Schlegel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Condition Reports

Date2005

Support:

  • 0.5 cm thick (thinned)

  • cradle consisting of six vertical and seven horizontal members (pine wood)

  • marks from a saw on all four sides

  • splits reinforced with blocks

  • reddish glaze covering the cradle and the reverse

  • woodworm damage (open channels)

Painted surface:

  • retouching along the edges, particularly at the top left and the bottom edge as well as the edges of the craquelée

  • thin, glossy varnish

[Schlegel, Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Conservation History

Date2004

  • glazed and converted to a climate box (frame)

see also pdf

Date1967

[GGAM, Abt. Restaurierung, Meldung][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

see also pdf

Date1927

[Sächs. HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 15, Bl. 196][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Date1904

[Sächs. HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 11, Bl. 221][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Date1862

[Sächs. HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 3, Bl. 121][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Date1860

O. J.: Schäfer 1860, 970 [1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

Date1857

[Sächs. HStADD, 13458 SKD, GG Nr. 8, Bd. 3, Bl. 32][1]

[1][Schölzel, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 480]

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