Portrait Joachim Morlinus, Bishop of Wittenberg

Portrait Joachim Morlinus, Bishop of Wittenberg

Title

Portrait Joachim Morlinus, Bishop of Wittenberg

[cda 2020]

Painting on copper

Medium

Painting on copper

[Auct. Cat. Düsseldorf 1975, 2-3, no. 20]

This small-scale copper panel shows a half-length portrait of Joachim Morlinus, Bishop of Wittenberg, against a neutral background with his gaze fixed on the viewer. He is wearing a black gown with a white ruffed shirt beneath. His greyish hair has thinned at the top, in contrast his beard is

This small-scale copper panel shows a half-length portrait of Joachim Morlinus, Bishop of Wittenberg, against a neutral background with his gaze fixed on the viewer. He is wearing a black gown with a white ruffed shirt beneath. His greyish hair has thinned at the top, in contrast his beard is dark and full. He holds an edition of the bible [?] in his right hand, while pointing to it with the index finger of his left hand. An inscription above the sitter’s head reveals his identity and his age.

[cda 2020]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Letter from D. Koepplin to the Meerbuscher Auktionshausl, 21.05.1975, Koepplin Archive]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Auct. Cat. Düsseldorf 1975, 2-3, no. 20]

Production date
after 1571

Production date

after 1571

[letter from D. Koepplin to the Meerbuscher Auktionshaus, 21.05.1975]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 26.5 x 21 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 26.5 x 21 cm

  • [Auct. Cat. Düsseldorf 1975, 2-3, no. 20]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription at the top left: 'IOACHIMVS MORLINVS WITBERGENSIS // THEOLOGIAE D. EPISCOPVS // AETATIS SVAE 57'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Inscription at the top left:

  • 'IOACHIMVS MORLINVS WITBERGENSIS // THEOLOGIAE D. EPISCOPVS // AETATIS SVAE 57'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P381
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P381/

Provenance

  • formerly property of the Galerie Joseph Morschheuser, Düsseldorf (before 1975)
  • 1975 with Meerbuscher Kunst-Auktionshaus, Düsseldorf
    [Auct. Cat. Düsseldorf 1975, 2-3, no. 20]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Auct. Cat. Düsseldorf 1975 2, 3 No. 020 Fig. p. 3
EditorMeerbuscher Kunstauktionshaus Rosenthal
TitleMeerbuscher Kunst-Auktionshaus, Düsseldorf; Auktion 8 [Düsseldorf, 26.04.1975]
Place of PublicationDüsseldorf
Year of Publication1975
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Research History / Discussion

Joachim Mörlin was born on the 08.05.1514 in Wittenberg and died on the 29.05.1571 in Königsberg. He was 57 years of age when he died – as is stated on the painting. Koepplin assumes that this painting is a copy after an original version created by Lucas Cranach the Younger in 1571 and serves therefore as an imporrtant document.

[Letter from D. Koepplin to the Meerbuscher Auktionshaus, 21.05.1975]

  • Portrait Joachim Morlinus, Bishop of Wittenberg, after 1571

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