Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Title

[KKL 2022]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein 06.02.2020]

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Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[KKL 2022]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Ausst.-Kat. Berlin 2009, p. 210, No. IV.6]

Production dates: about 1529 - 1530
about 1530

Production dates

about 1529 - 1530	[Ausst.-Kat. Berlin 2009, S. 210, Nr. IV.6]
about 1530	[Ausst.-Kat. Berlin 2009, p. 210, No. IV.6]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 38.2 x 24.8 x 1.3 cm (bevelled to 3 -6 mm at the edges)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 38.2 x 24.8 x 1.3 cm (bevelled to 3 -6 mm at the edges)
[KKL 2022]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia over his right shoulder: serpent (with elevated wings) with black paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia over his right shoulder: serpent (with elevated wings) with black paint
[KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels: 'IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'
[KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

'IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'
[KKL 2022]

Owner: Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Repository: Grunewald hunting lodge
Location: Grunewald

CDA ID: DE_SPSG_GKI50476
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
KKL-No: IV.M15, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI50476/

Connected Works

Exhibitions

Berlin 2009/10, Cat.-No. IV.6

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009 A

210

No. IV.6

Fig. IV.6

Editor	Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Title	Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern. Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2009

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Most, Wolf et al. 2009

88, 90

Figs. 1, 4

Author	Mechthild Most, Anja Wolf, Peter Klein, Undine Köhler, Jens Bartoll, Eva Wenders de Calisse
Title	Zur Maltechnik der beiden Cranach und ihrer Werkstatt. Ergebnisse der technologischen Untersuchung der Bildtafeln der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten
Publication	in Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Evangelische Kirchengemeinde St. Petri-St. Marien, eds., Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern, Exhib. Cat. Berlin
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2009
Pages	86-97

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Warnke 1985

Author	Martin Warnke
Title	Hofkünstler. Zur Vorgeschichte des modernen Künstlers
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	1985

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Eckardt 1975

Author	Götz Eckardt
Title	Die Gemälde in der Bildergalerie von Sanssouci.
Place of Publication	Potsdam
Year of Publication	1975

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Research History / Discussion

This type of portrait depicting Luther in a beret and gown was employed frequently between 1528 and 1532. The enormous influence it had is evident in the fact that the black gown became the prototype for a protestant minister’s attire. This portrait type was frequently part of a diptych, complemented on the right by a portrait of Katharina of Bora.

[Elke A. Werner, Ausst.-Kat. Berlin 2009, p. 210, No. IV.6]

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1529 - 1530

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