Martin Luther as Augustinian monk

Martin Luther as Augustinian monk

Titles

Martin Luther as Augustinian monk

[KKL 2022]

Portrait of Martin Luther

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 147]

Painting on limewood (Tilia sp.)

Medium

Painting on limewood (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 38
EditorBodo Brinkmann
TitleCranach der Ältere, [Frankfurt, Städel Museum, 23 Nov 2007 - 17 Feb 2008]
Place of PublicationOstfildern
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 56, 175 043 Pl. 43
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 147
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 100 043
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
Link http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522
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  • Martin Luther as Augustinian monk, 1520s (?)

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

2008Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

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

Identification of wood species: limewood

[Klein report, 16.11.1993]

  • examined by Peter Klein

Versions

Martin Luther with cloak and doctor cap
  • Martin Luther with cloak and doctor cap, 1520s
  • DE_LHW_G163
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Martin Luther as Augustinian monk
  • Martin Luther as Augustinian monk, about 1522 - about 1525
  • DE_GNMN_Gm1570
  • Painting
  • Paul Wolfgang Merkelsche Familienstiftung

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