Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Title

Martin Luther

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure in three-quarter profile, facing right. Martin Luther holds a black book in his hands. He wears a black gown under which a black undergarment with a red neckline and a white collar is visible. Luther has short blond, curly hair.

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised

The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure in three-quarter profile, facing right. Martin Luther holds a black book in his hands. He wears a black gown under which a black undergarment with a red neckline and a white collar is visible. Luther has short blond, curly hair.

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Production date
1800-1899

Production date

1800-1899

19th century [Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.6 x 30 x 1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 40.6 x 30 x 1 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left above the sitter's shoulder: winged serpent, the inscription 'DER ELTER' underneath (neither are genuine).

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia left above the sitter's shoulder: winged serpent, the inscription 'DER ELTER' underneath (neither are genuine).

Inscriptions and Labels
  • left, above the sitter's shoulder:
    'DER ELTER' ['the elder']
  • in the top right corner:
    'D. MARTIN LVTHER' Reverse of …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • left, above the sitter's shoulder:

  • 'DER ELTER' ['the elder']

    • in the top right corner:

  • 'D. MARTIN LVTHER'

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - in the upper section:

  • in white paint: '353.'

    • centre:

  • in yellow paint: 'H.'

    • bottom right:

  • in red paint: 'M84'

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Owner
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Repository
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Location
Eisenach
CDA ID
DE_WSE_M0084
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M0084/

Connected Works

Philipp Melanchthon
  • Philipp Melanchthon, 1800-1899
  • DE_WSE_M0085
  • Painting
  • Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach

Provenance

  • no information available

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015 118 47 Fig. p. 118
EditorGünter Schuchardt
TitleCranach, Luther und die Bildnisse. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung auf der Wartburg, 2. April bis 19. Juli 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
Show Literature
  • Martin Luther, 1800-1899

Images

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Technical studies

02. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectogram
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
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Entry with no author
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