Portrait of Martin Luther

Title

[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 80]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 80]

Half-length portrait of Martin Luther wearing a black gown and a beret, facing left against a blue background.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 80]

Production dates: after 1530
after 1532

Production dates

after 1530	[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 80]
after 1532	[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 190]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 20.7 x 14.8 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 20.7 x 14.8 cm
[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 80]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Sammlung Würth
Repository: Sammlung Würth
Location: Schwäbisch Hall

CDA ID: DE_SWK_6553
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SWK_6553/

Connected Works

Provenance

the origin of this panel is not known
since 1986 on display in the gallery Donaueschingen before then in storage
[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 190]
acquired by the Würth collection in 2003
[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 6]

Exhibitions

Schwäbisch Hall 2004, No. 12a

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009

12a

p. 81

Editor	C. Sylvia Weber
Title	Alte Meister in der Sammlung Würth. Der ehemals Fürstlich Fürstenbergische Bilderschatz
Place of Publication	Schwäbisch Hall
Issue	2nd revised edition
Year of Publication	2009

Show Literature

Klein 1994 A

200

Tab. 10

Author	Peter Klein
Title	Lucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	194-200

Show Literature

Cat. Donaueschingen 1990

190

46A

p. 190

Author	Claus Grimm, Bernd Konrad
Title	Die Fürstenberg Sammlungen Donaueschingen. Altdeutsche und schweizerische Malerei des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1990

Show Literature

Portrait of Martin Luther, after 1530

Images

Documents

DE_SWK_6553_FR-none_1994_Analysis-report.pdf

Technical studies

06. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk?

Type/Ductus:

- economic traced or copied underdrawing

- thin lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form; no changes

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Cranach workshop

Comments:

- transferred from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

1990Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 190]

1988Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_SWK_6553_FR-none_1994_Analysis-report.pdf

Support

- a single panel with 106 annual rings. The curve of the annual rings is located between 1423 and 1528. The panel could not have been painted before 1530.

[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 190]

analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date1990

in good condition
the reverse has been smoothed and exhibits a black protective coating

[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 190]

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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