Portrait of Martin Luther

Portrait of Martin Luther

Title

Portrait of Martin Luther

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 84]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 84]

Portrait of the Reformer against a grey background, a curtain is inferred in the top left corner. Luther looks to the right, he wears a black cloak and has short grey hair. He holds a closed book in his hands.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[?, Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 48] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 84]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Heydenreich, cda 2012]

Production dates
1564 or later
1564

Production dates

1564 or later

[cda 2013]

1564

[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 48] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 84]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 86 x 66 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 86 x 66 cm

  • [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 84]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right: winged serpent and date '1564'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top right: winged serpent and date '1564'

Inscriptions and Labels
  • bottom: 'REVERENDVS VIR DOCTOR MARTINVS LVTHERVS NATVS ANO M.CCCC.LXXXIII.
    IIII.ID. NOVEMB: HORA XI. ANTE MEDIAM NOCTEM IN OPPIDO CHERVUSCORVM …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • bottom:

  • 'REVERENDVS VIR DOCTOR MARTINVS LVTHERVS NATVS ANO M.CCCC.LXXXIII.

  • IIII.ID. NOVEMB: HORA XI. ANTE MEDIAM NOCTEM IN OPPIDO CHERVUSCORVM ISLEBEA

  • IDEM MORTVVS EST ANO M.D.XLVI. XII CAL: MARTII. QVI FVIT DIES CONCORDIAE

  • IN PATRIA. ET SEPVLTVS EST WITEBERGAE IN TEMPLO ARCIS.'

  • [Görres, cda 2012]

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location
Warsaw
CDA ID
PL_MNW_MOb1757
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb1757/

Connected Works

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon
  • Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, 1564 or later
  • PL_MNW_MOb1761
  • Painting
  • Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie

Provenance

  • probably since the aquisition in Wittenberg in the church of St. Elisabeth in Breslau
  • 1942 evacuated to the collecting point at Kamenz
  • 1946 National Museum Warsaw
  • since January 2012 on a long term loan to the City Museum of Wroclaw - Historical Museum
    [National Museum Warsaw, revised 2012]

Exhibitions

Wrocław 2017, no. 48

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 202 048 Fig. p. 202
EditorEwa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
TitleModa na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of PublicationWroclaw
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Cat. Warsaw 2000 84
AuthorBozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
TitleMalarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of PublicationWarsaw
Year of Publication2000
Show Literature
Burgemeister, Grundmann 1933 138
AuthorL. Burgemeister, Günther Grundmann
TitleKunstdenkmäler der Stadt Breslau
Volume2
Place of PublicationBreslau
Year of Publication1933
Show Literature
  • Portrait of Martin Luther, 1564 or later

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