Martin Luther

Title

Martin Luther

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[Klein, Report 1997]

Almost life size half-portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1546). The sitter is depicted facing to the right and wears a black robe and a small black beret. The background is light blue. The reverse was painted black at a later date.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Cat. Berlin 1931, 611, No. 617]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	From 1830 - 1860: Lucas Cranach the Elder [Waagen, Cat. Berlin 1830, 144, No. 63]

Production dates: about 1540
about 1533 - 1540

Production dates

about 1540	[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
about 1533 - 1540	[cda 2021]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 37.3 x 24 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 37.3 x 24 cm
Dimensions including frame: 51.3 x 37.8 cm
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse of the panel: - top centre: label (Solly): D 6 N° 12/ Sies Boll / A I-I/ L - …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: - top centre:
label (Solly): D 6 N° 12/ Sies Boll [?]/ A I-I/ L - 9'
- bottom left:
label: 'Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz/ Gemäldegalerie Berlin/ Inv.Nr. 617/ Cranach d. Ä. L. Werkstatt/ Martin Luther'
- centre right:
remains of an old seal
- beneath:
label: 'Staatliche Museen Berlin - Gemäldegalerie/ Inventar-Nr. I. 687/ Katalog-Nr./ 617/ Cranach Werkstatt/ Luther'
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Owner: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Location: Berlin

CDA ID: DE_smbGG_617
FR (1978) Nr.: FR314-315F
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_617/

Provenance

1821 acquired with the Solly Collection
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, 36, Nr. 92
Montreal 1967
Osaka 1970
Berlin-Deutschlandhaus 1974-76
Berlin-Staatsbibliothek 1982
Berlin-Deutschlandhaus 1983
Berlin-MV 1983

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Berlin 1996 .

Fig. 83

Author	Rainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1996

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

Harms 1983 .

Editor	Wolfgang Harms
Title	Illustrierte Flugblätter aus den Jahrhunderten der Reformation und der Glaubenskämpfe
Place of Publication	Coburg
Year of Publication	1983

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 .

132

No. 314F

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Exhib. Cat. Montreal 1967 .

Editor	La Galerie Nationale de Canada
Title	Man and his World, International Fine Arts Exhibition, Expo 67
Place of Publication	Montreal
Year of Publication	1967

Jahn 1955 .

Author	Johannes Jahn
Title	Lucas Cranach als Graphiker
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1955

Lilienfein 1942 .

Author	Heinrich Lilienfein
Title	Lukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of Publication	Bielefeld
Year of Publication	1942

Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 .

092

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 .

252

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

Cat. Berlin 1931 .

611

No. 617

Editor	Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin, Irene Kunze
Title	Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde im Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum und Deutschen Museum
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1931

Glaser 1923 .

148ff.

Author	Curt Glaser
Title	Lukas Cranach
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1923
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923

Cat. Berlin 1830 .

144

No. 63

Author	Gustav Friedrich Waagen
Editor	Königliches Museum, Berlin
Title	Verzeichniß der Gemälde-Sammlung des Königlichen Museums zu Berlin
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1830

Connected Works

Martin Luther, about 1540

Images

Documents

DE_smbGG_617_FR314-315F_1997_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- beech wood

- the panel consists of one plank

- the rebate has been retained on all four sides

According to the most recent examination by Dr. Peter Klein the wood comes from the same tree as that of the following paintings:

Lucretia, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 1832, [DE_smbGG_1832_FR239]

Philipp Melanchthon, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 619, [DE_smbGG_619_FR314-315F]

Friedrich the Wise, New York 46.179.1

An Ill-matched Pair, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 1606, [DE_smbGG_1606_FR-none]

Portrait of a Man, KAC. 31.112, [US_NAMAKC_31-112_FR415]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows, Bremen Roseliushaus, B56, [DE_KBSB_B56_FR381F]

Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles, Stockholm Nationalmuseum, NM 254 (Planks II+III)

Eve, Chicago, 1935.295

Duke Johann Ernst von Sachsen, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, II 55, [DE_smbGG_55-2_FR-none]

The Electors of Saxony, Hamburger Kunsthalle (right and left wings), 606, [DE_HKH_HK-606a_FR338] and[DE_HKH_HK-606c_FR338]

Martin Luther, DON, 727

Ground and Imprimatura

- a barbe along the edge of the painted surface has been retained on all four sides

Underdrawing

'Underdrawing in red chalk, then black charcoal- a wash was applied in the areas of shadow'

[Handwritten in the documentation file]

written by Christine Unsinn

17.02.1997Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_smbGG_617_FR314-315F_1997_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

analysed by Peter Klein

03.10.1989Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

written by Peter Klein

X-radiography

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Martin Luther', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_617/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'Martin Luther', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_617/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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