Portrait of Martin Luther

Portrait of Martin Luther

Title

Portrait of Martin Luther

[Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

Portrait of Martin Luther as a half-length figure against a blue background, facing right. Luther is wearing the typical black gown and a black hat. He holds a book bound in black in his hands.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Florence 2017, 66]
[Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

listed in the inventory from 1784
[Cat. Florence 1979, 230, No. P466]

Albrecht Dürer

Documentation in the gallery from 1773
[Cat. Florence 1979, 230, No. P466]

Production date
1543

Production date

1543

[Pendant dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 21 x 16 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 21 x 16 cm

  • [Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

Signature / Dating

Pendant signed and dated

Signature / Dating

  • Pendant signed and dated

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Galleria Uffizi, Firenze
Repository
Galleria Uffizi, Firenze
Location
Florence
CDA ID
IT_GdU_512
FR (1978) Nr.
FR314-315D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/IT_GdU_512/

Provenance

  • Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina e Appartamenti, Collection of Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici, Florence, before 1675 (accession date)
  • Villa medicea di Poggio Imperiale, Florence, 1773 (de-accessioned)
  • Galleria degli Uffizi, Palazzo degli Uffizi, Florence
  • Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti, war shelter, Florence, 1942 (accession date)
  • Castello di Poppi, Poppi, 19-12-1942 (accession date), 1951 (de-accessioned)
  • Castel Giovo, Bolzano, San Leonardo
  • Palazzo Pitti, Museo degli Argenti, Florence, 22-7-1945 (accession date)
  • Galleria degli Uffizi, Palazzo degli Uffizi, Florence, 3-3-1951 (accesssion date)
    [Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

Exhibitions

  • Gent 1955
  • Utrecht 1959
  • Trent 2009

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Biotti 2017 130-132, Fn. 13 Figs. 1, 2
AuthorAndrea Biotti
TitleVirtuosismi dorati per i padri della Riforma. Due cornici die Crosten per quattro ritratti di Cranach. Vicende Storiche e documentarie
Publicationin Francesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara, eds., I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee, Exhib. Cat. Florence, 2017
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
Pages130-132
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Exhib. Cat. Florence 2017 66, 67 2 Pl. p. 67
EditorFrancesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara
Title I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee [Uffizi, Florence]
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
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Fürst 2017 135
AuthorAviv Fürst
TitleRagioni tecniche ed estetiche di un'attribuzione
Publicationin Francesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara, eds., I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee , Exhib. Cat. Florence, 2017
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
Pages132-135
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Luca 2017 43
AuthorFrancesca de Luca
TitleI volti della Riforma nelle collezioni granducali
Publicationin Francesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara, eds., I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee , Exhib. Cat. Florence, 2017
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
Pages42-47
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Price 2017 18
AuthorDavid H. Price
TitleLucas Cranach e la Riforma
Publicationin Francesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara, eds., I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee , Exhib. Cat. Florence, 2017
Place of PublicationFlorence, Milan
Year of Publication2017
Pages12-27
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Exhib. Cat. Trent 2009
AuthorRoberto Pancheri, Domenica Primerano
TitleL'uomo del Concilio. Il cardinale Giovanni Morone tra Roma e Trento nell'età di Michelangelo [Trent, Museo Diocesano Tridentino, Palazzo Thun, Torre Mirana]
Place of PublicationTrent
Year of Publication2009
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Cat. Florence 1979 230 P466 Fig.
Authorn. a.
TitleCatalogo dei dipinti
Place of PublicationFlorence
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 314-315D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Utrecht 1959
TitleHerdenkingstentoonstelling Paus Adrianus VI - Gedenkboek catalogus [Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Leuven, Stadhuis]
Place of PublicationUtrecht
Year of Publication1959
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Exhib. Cat. Gent 1955 A
Authorn. a.
TitleCharles-Quint et son temps [Gent, Musée des Beaux-Arts, 05 April - 30 June 1955]
Place of PublicationGhent
Year of Publication1955
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 252f
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Conservation History

Date1994

Conservation treatment

[Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

  • conservation treatment by Maria Rita Signorini

Date1973

  • (GR 6681), OPD

[Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

Date1960

  • (GR 2977), OPD, Granchi V.

[Galleria Uffizi, revised 2014]

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