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
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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 |
- 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/