Martin Luther

Titles

Martin Luther	[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 211, No. 117]
Portrait of Martin Luther	[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Museum Het Catharijneconvent, revised 2018]

A portrait of Martin Luther against a neutral background, facing right. He is shown bareheaded and wearing a black cloak.

[Görres, cda 2018]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger	[cda 2018]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Museum Het Catharijneconvent, revised 2018]

Production date: 1546

Production date

1546

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 63.3 x 48.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 63.3 x 48.5 cm
[Museum Het Catharijneconvent, revised 2018]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left and date'1546'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left and date'1546'
[cda 2018]

Inscriptions and Labels: Upper margin: 'VIVVS DOCET'
[cda 2018]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Upper margin: 'VIVVS DOCET'
[cda 2018]

Owner: Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
Repository: Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht
Location: Utrecht

CDA ID: NL_RMCCU_RMCCs107
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/NL_RMCCU_RMCCs107/

Provenance

Stichting Lutherkapel, Utrecht until 1984
since 1984 Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent
[Museum Het Catharijneconvent, revised 2018]

Exhibitions

Maastricht 2003
Utrecht 2013
Utrecht 2015
Utrecht 2016
Utrecht 2017

Martin Luther, 1546

Images

Technical studies

2018Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry drawing material, stylus

Type/Ductus:

- detailed traced or copied underdrawing

- delicate lines

- hatching strokes

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate the main contours and describe essential details and facial features; representation of volume with hatching strokes

Deviation:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Young or his workshop?

Comments:

- probably transferred from a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2019]

photographed by Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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