Portrait of Martin Luther (epitaph for Hans Eben von Brunnen)

Portrait of Martin Luther (epitaph for Hans Eben von Brunnen)

Title

Portrait of Martin Luther (epitaph for Hans Eben von Brunnen)

[cda 2018]

Painting on beech

Medium

Painting on beech

[Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 55]

A half-length portrait of Luther, facing to the right against a neutral blue background and wearing an academic gown. His hands rest on a balustrade and he is holding a leather-bound book.

[cda 2023]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, revised 2018] [Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 55]

Production date
about 1540

Production date

about 1540

[Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 55]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 34.7 x 30.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 34.7 x 30.5 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 55]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left in black paint

Inscriptions and Labels
  • on the frame above the portrait: 'M:L:D:'
    'Verbum D[o]mini, manet in aeterum'
  • on the frame beneath the portrait:
    'Gottes …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • on the frame above the portrait:

  • 'M:L:D:'

  • 'Verbum D[o]mini, manet in aeterum'

    • on the frame beneath the portrait:

  • 'Gottes worde vndt Lutheri Lehr.

  • Vergehet nun vndt nimmer mehr.'

    • on the frame: the name of the deceased and descriptions of the coats of arms:

  • 'Hanns Ebenn von Brunnen'

  • [cda 2018]

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
Repository
Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
Location
Wroclaw
CDA ID
PL_MNWr_VIII-2987
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNWr_VIII-2987/

Exhibitions

Wroclaw 2017, no. 55

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017 214-215 055 Fig. 215
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
Grünewald 1983
AuthorJohannes Grünewald
TitleDas historisch-allegorische Lutherbild aus Neukirch an der Katzbach
JournalJahrbuch für schlesische Kirchengeschichte
Issue62 (1983)
Year of Publication1983
Pages51-62
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  • Portrait of Martin Luther (epitaph for Hans Eben von Brunnen), about 1540

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