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Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2017]

A half-length posthumous portrait of the reformer Martin Luther Posthumes Bildnis des Reformators Martin Luther (1483-1546), facing right against a dark background and holding a book in his hands.

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[cda 2017]

Production date: about 1568

Production date

about 1568

[cda 2021]

Dimensions: Dimensions of visible painted surface: 77.5 x 60 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of visible painted surface: 77.5 x 60 cm
Dimensions including frame: 93.5 x 76.1 cm
[cda 2017]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde St. Nikolai, Pulsnitz
Repository: Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde St. Nikolai, Pulsnitz
Location: Pulsnitz

CDA ID: DE_SNP_NONE-SNP001
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SNP_NONE-SNP001/

Connected Works

, about 1568

Images

Technical studies

08. 2016Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION:

Tools/Material:

- dry, black drawing material, dark chalk (only visible in the area of the hands and the book)

Type/Ductus:

- sparse fine traced lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version (where visible); fine line delineate the main contours; no representation of volume with hatching-strokes; the design may have been traced from a pre-existing design.

Deviations:

- almost no corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2017]

photographed by Ingo Sandner
photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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