Martin Luther

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

[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 211, No. 117]

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

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 211, No. 117]

Lucas Cranach the Younger

(?) [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 211, No. 117]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

Production dates
about 1543-1546
about 1540

Production dates

about 1543-1546

[Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 211, No. 117]

about 1540

[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 62.2 x 47.6 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 62.2 x 47.6 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017, 211, No. 117]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the centre left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left

  • [cda 2015]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P093
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P093/

Exhibitions

Düsseldorf 2017, No. 117

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017 211 No. 117
EditorGunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Cranach. Meister - Marke - Moderne", Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, 08. April 2017 - 30. Juli 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Show Literature
Firpo 2017 28-30 Fig. p. 28, Fig. 1
AuthorMassimo Firpo
TitleLutero e la Riforma nell'Italia del Cinquecento
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
Pages28-41
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Görres 2017 B 46 117
AuthorDaniel Görres
TitleDer Mönch und der Maler - Luther und Cranach als Vermittler eines neuen Glaubens
Publicationin Gunnar Heydenreich, Daniel Görres, Beat Wismer, eds., Lucas Cranach der Ältere. Meister - Marke - Moderne. [Exhib. Cat. Düsseldorf 2017]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2017
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/4016/7870/1696/Goerres_2017_Der_Moench_und_der_Maler.pdf
Pages44-51
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  • Martin Luther, about 1543-1546

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Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry drawing material, stylus

Type/Ductus:

- economic underdrawing with traced lines

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version (where visible); the lines define the main contours and describe facial features; no representation of volume with hatching strokes

Deviations:

- only very minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process; small changes (e. g. on the left shoulder)

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Cranach workshop

[Sandner, Heydenreich, Smith-Contini, cda 2017]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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