Martin Luther

Martin Luther

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Bust portrait shown from the right in three-quarter profile against a green background. Luther wears a black robe under a gown of the same colour, a red stripe and a white collar are visible at the neckline. He has short grey hair and holds a book in his hands.

[Wartburg-Stiftung,

Bust portrait shown from the right in three-quarter profile against a green background. Luther wears a black robe under a gown of the same colour, a red stripe and a white collar are visible at the neckline. He has short grey hair and holds a book in his hands.

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Dating
1546

Dating

1546

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 65.1 x 51.2 x 0.4 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 65.1 x 51.2 x 0.4 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

Dated on left edge: '1546'

Signature / Dating

  • Dated on left edge: '1546'

Inscriptions

- at the top edge: 'D.MARTINVS LVTHERVS.
Nascebatur Islebiae Anno at nato Saluatore M.CCCC.LXXXIII. Vndecimo ante Calendas Nouembris Hora …

Inscriptions

Inscriptions:

  • - at the top edge:

  • 'D.MARTINVS LVTHERVS.

  • Nascebatur Islebiae Anno at nato Saluatore M.CCCC.LXXXIII. Vndecimo ante Calendas Nouembris Hora X post meridiem.'

  • - at the right:

  • 'Sparsa Evangelii rur Sus noua Lumina munduS

  • Viderat. et domini renoVatum nomen in orbE

  • Nuncius iste alacris refeRebat. At impia praesuL

  • Impius arma capit furit Edita sedibus Orcl

  • Turba rudis Monachi sed et His Diuina LutheruM

  • Rettulit e Monstris cerTi Clementia Fatl

  • Audit ibi Sanctos ac Vates patris in ArcE

  • Martinus junctus pauLo et tibi maxime DauiD."

  • (capital letters read in vertical direction bottom to top: 'MARTINVS LVTHERVS DEI MILES'

  • [cda 2013]

Labels

Reverse of the panel: - in the upper section (on the cradle):
'262'
- bottom right (on the panel):

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - in the upper section (on the cradle):

  • '262'

  • - bottom right (on the panel):

  • in red paint 'M183'

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Owner
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Repository
Museum "Luthers Sterbehaus", Eisleben
Location
Eisleben
CDA ID
DE_WSE_M0183
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M0183/

Provenance

not specified

Exhibitions

Eisenach 1996, No. 251

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015 116-117 46 Fig. p. 117
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
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Schuchardt 2015 B 46 No. 46 Fig. 25
AuthorGünter Schuchardt
TitlePrivileg und Monopol - Die Lutherporträts der Cranach-Werkstatt
Publicationin Günther Schuchardt, ed., Cranach, Luther und die Bildnisse, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
Pages24-52
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Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 1996 278 251
EditorWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach, Jutta Krauß
TitleAller Knecht und Christi Untertan. Der Mensch Luther und sein Umfeld. Katalog der Ausstellungen zum 450. Todesjahr
Place of PublicationEisenach
Year of Publication1996
Show Literature
Nebe 1927 pl. 19
AuthorHermann Nebe
TitleDie Wartburg. Amtlicher Führer
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1927
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Technical studies

02. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich cda 2014]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date2001 -

cracks in the paint layers, restored

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

  • Bearbeiter/in Daniel Görres

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