Portrait of Katharina of Bora, Martin Luther's wife

Portrait of Katharina of Bora, Martin Luther's wife

Title

Portrait of Katharina of Bora, Martin Luther's wife

[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 73]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 73]

[...] a woman with poise and taxing gaze for the viewer, her dress is laced beneath the chest, her hair firmly parted [...] and hidden beneath a bonnet, that also covers her neck.

[Löcher, in Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 73]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2015]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 73]

Production dates
about 1600 or later
after 1528

Production dates

about 1600 or later

[cda 2015]

after 1528

[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 73]

1528

[date probably not genuine, cda 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 37.5 x 26.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 37.5 x 26.5 cm

  • [Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 73]

Signature / Dating

Arrtist's insignia at the bottom left, centre: winged serpent with elevated wings; in black paint, probably not genuine

Signature / Dating

  • Arrtist's insignia at the bottom left, centre: winged serpent with elevated wings; in black paint, probably not genuine

  • [cda 2015]

Owner
Sammlung Würth
Repository
Sammlung Würth
Location
Schwäbisch Hall
CDA ID
DE_SWK_6550
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SWK_6550/

Connected Works

Portrait of Martin Luther
  • Portrait of Martin Luther, about 1600 or later
  • DE_SWK_6551
  • Painting
  • Sammlung Würth

Provenance

  • Fürstenberg property
  • until 1838 in Schloss Heiligenberg
    [Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 186]
  • acquired by the Würth collection in 2003
    [Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 6]

Exhibitions

Schwäbisch Hall 2004, no. 9

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009 73 9 p. 75
EditorC. Sylvia Weber
TitleAlte Meister in der Sammlung Würth. Der ehemals Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Bilderschatz
Place of PublicationSchwäbisch Hall
Issue2nd revised edition
Year of Publication2009
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Cat. Donaueschingen 1990 186 43 p. 187
AuthorClaus Grimm, Bernd Konrad
TitleDie Fürstenberg Sammlungen Donaueschingen. Altdeutsche und schweizerische Malerei des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1990
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Lynar 1987 14
AuthorErnst Wilhelm Graf zu Lynar
TitleNeues aus den Fürstenberg Sammlungen in Donaueschingen
JournalFürstenberger Waldbote
Issue33
Year of Publication1987
Pages14
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  • Portrait of Katharina of Bora, Martin Luther's wife, about 1600 or later

Images

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Technical studies

06. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- An underdrawing is not readily visible. However, fine lines (stylus or other hard drawing material?) are occasionally visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

1990Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- weak indication of underdrawing

[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 186]

1988Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: Tilia spec.

[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 186]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date1990

  • treated vertical split through the right side of the face

  • otherwise limited retouching

  • the reverse has been cradled; originally smooth; wood colour very similar to cat. nos. 44 and 45 [DE_SWK_6551 and DE_SWK_6552]

[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 186]

Conservation History

Date1838

Conservation treatment by Mattenheimer.

[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 186]

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