Portrait of Martin Luther

Title

[KKL 2021]

Painting on wood

Painting on wood

[Dieter Koepplin Archive, handwritten note]

Portrait of Martin Luther. He is wearing a black coat and a hat.

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[KKL 2021]

1532

[dated]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the left edge, centre: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated '1532'; in black paint

Artist's insignia at the left edge, centre: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated '1532'; in black paint

Mertens Collection, Rhöndorf
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 314B]
Art dealer Xaver Scheidwimmer, Munich
01 April 1952 Purchased by Julius Böhler, Munich
20 June 1952 Sold to Hammer Galleries, New York
[Archive of Art Dealer Julius Böhler, Zentralarchiv für Kunstgeschichte, Munich, No. 52 21]
7 Juli 1972, Christie's, Lot 72
Brod Gallery, London
Private collection
[Dieter Koepplin Archive, handwritten note]

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

131

314B

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

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