Martin Luther as Augustinian monk

Titles

Martin Luther as Augustinian monk	[KKL 2022]
Portrait of Martin Luther	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 147]

Painting on lime wood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on lime wood (Tilia sp.)

[Peter Klein, report on dendrochronilogical examination of „Martin Luther als Augustinermönch“, 16 Nov 1993]

See German text version

Attributions: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder or Circle
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder or Circle	[KKL 2022]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 147] [Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 175, No. 43]

Production dates: 1520s (?)
1517

Production dates

1520s (?)	[KKL 2022]
1517	[dated, questionable according to Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 147]
1519/1520	[Ausst.-Kat. Frankfurt am Main 2007, No. 38]
about 1520	[Friedländer / Rosenberg 1979, No. 147] [Ausst.-Kat. Hamburg 2003, p. 175, No. 43]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 40.3 x 26.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 40.3 x 26.5 cm
[Sotheby's New York, Master Paintings Evening Sale, 1 Februar 2018, Los 9]
[Friedländer / Rosenberg 1979, no. 147]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia center left: serpent with elevated wings, facing right (abraded and most likely added later)

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia center left: serpent with elevated wings, facing right (abraded and most likely added later)
[KKL 2022]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P201
FR (1978) Nr.: FR147
KKL-No: I.6M2, Part of portait group I
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P201/

Provenance

possibly Fürst Ludwig Kraft zu Oettingen-Wallerstein (1791-1870); in the collections of the Fürsten zu Oettingen-Wallerstein, Kloster Maihingen, near Wallerstein, until at least 1948
Charles Frederic, Prince of Oettingen-Wallerstein, Haburg Castle, Bavaria
Sotheby's Online Database, accessed 04 May 2022
Collection Heinz Kisters, Kreuzlingen
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 147]
Sotheby's New York, Master Paintings Evening Sale, 01 February 2018, lot 9
Private collection
[KKL 2022]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, no. 43
Hamburg 2003, no. 43
Frankfurt/London 2007/08, no. 38

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Frankfurt 2007 .

Editor	Bodo Brinkmann
Title	Cranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of Publication	Ostfildern
Year of Publication	2007

Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 .

56, 175

Pl. 43

Editor	Bucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
Title	Lucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of Publication	Ostfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication	2003

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 .

147

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 .

100

043

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

Martin Luther as Augustinian monk, 1520s (?)

Images

Documents

PRIVATE_NONE-P201_FR147_1993_Analysis-report.pdf

Technical studies

2008Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Material:

- dry, black drawing material, stylus

Type/Ductus:

- traced or copied underdrawing (transferred from a pre-existing design)

- thin lines

- occasional hatching strokes

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible; probably Cranach workshop

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

16.11.1993Scientific analysis

Dendrochronology / Identification of wood species

PRIVATE_NONE-P201_FR147_1993_Analysis-report.pdf

Identification of wood species: lime wood

[Klein report, 16.11.1993]

examined by Peter Klein

Versions

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