Martin Luther, half-length, facing right

Martin Luther, half-length, facing right

Title

Martin Luther, half-length, facing right

[KKL 2022]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein 17.01.2003]

See German text version

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[KKL 2022]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Survey of Max J. Friedländer, 14 June 1927] [Aukt.-Kat. Genf 2011, No. 4]

Production date
1530

Production date

1530

[dated, KKL 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51.5 x 36.3

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51.5 x 36.3

  • [Aukt.-Kat. Genf 2011, No. 4]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left: winged serpent and date '1530' with black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia left: winged serpent and date '1530' with black paint

  • [KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels

Top: 'M L'
'IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'
[KKL 2020]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Top:

  • 'M L'

  • 'IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'

  • [KKL 2020]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Musée international de la Réforme, Geneve
Location
Geneve
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P411
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
KKL-No
IV.M23, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P411/

Provenance

  • about 1927 Nebel Collection, Frankfurt
  • about 1937 Mulert Collection, Berlin
    [Expertise Max J. Friedländer, 14.06.1927]
  • about 2003 Otto von Mitzlaff Kunsthandel, Wächtersbach
  • 2011 Galerie De Jonckheere, Genf/Paris
    [Aukt.-Kat. Genf 2011, No. 4]
  • 2012 De Jonckheere Gallery
  • as permanent loan in Musée international de la Réforme, Geneve
    [KKL 2022]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, No. 77
Kronach 1994, No. 176

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994 353 176
EditorClaus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
TitleLucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication1994
Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 32 77
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Date10.05.2022 -

Support

Please see German Version

  • Bearbeiter/in Wibke Ottweiler

Support made from the same tree

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