Portrait of Margarethe Luther

Portrait of Margarethe Luther

Title

Portrait of Margarethe Luther

[cda 2024]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Nietzki 1910, 40]

A portrait of Margarethe Luther (1534–1570), the youngest daughter of Martin Luther, at the age of 23. She is shown in contemporary courtly attire, facing to her right and casting a shadow against the neutral background. A portrait of Duke Albrecht is depicted on the golden medallion she wears so

A portrait of Margarethe Luther (1534–1570), the youngest daughter of Martin Luther, at the age of 23. She is shown in contemporary courtly attire, facing to her right and casting a shadow against the neutral background. A portrait of Duke Albrecht is depicted on the golden medallion she wears so prominently around her neck.

[cda 2024]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Bildindex, accessed 10.01.2024]
[According to Ludwig Rosenfelder, in Nietzki 1910, 40]

Production date
about 1557

Production date

about 1557

[cda 2024]
[Nietzki 1910, 39]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: not known

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: not known

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels
  • inscription at top left: '[AE]TATIS. XXIII.'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • inscription at top left:

  • '[AE]TATIS. XXIII.'

Owner
Gwardeiskoje, Evangelical Lutheran Church
Repository
Unknown
CDA ID
RU_GK-Lost_NONE-001
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/RU_GK-Lost_NONE-001/

Provenance

  • formerly in the church in Gvardeyskoye (Russian: Гварде́йское, Lithuanian: Miulhauzenas, German: Mühlhausen (Kreis Preußisch Eylau), Polish: Młynary) in Bagrationovsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
  • presented to the church by Erhard von Kunheim, who was Georg von Kunheim the Youngers son (from his second marriage) [1]
    [Nietzki 1910, 39]
  • since World War II whereabout unknown
    [1] See Research History/ Discussion
    [Bildindex, accessed 10.01.2024]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Nietzki 1910 39-41
AuthorAlbert Nietzki
TitleChronik der evangelischen Kirchengemeinde in Mühlhausen, Kreis Pr. Eylau
Place of PublicationKönigsberg
Year of Publication1910
Link http://dlibra.bibliotekaelblaska.pl/dlibra/doccontent?id=7957
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Research History / Discussion

According to Nietzki until 1861 there was a Latin insciption at the bottom of the painting that read as follows: 'Pietate erga Lutherum et Parentem Margaritae primae Conjugis Nob. Georgii â Kunheim ex secundo Conjugo Susceptus Erhard â Kunheim posuit. Aetatis 23.'

[Nietzki 1910, 39]

  • Portrait of Margarethe Luther, about 1557

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Conservation History

Date1860 - 1861

At the instigation of the President of the High Church Council in Berlin, who had visited the church in Mühlhausen in 1858, this painting and a portrait of Luther were taken to the Academy of Fine Arts, Königsberg for restoration. The director, Ludwig Rosenfelder, identified it as a work by Cranach the Younger. The paintings were then sent to Berlin in 1860 where they were restored in the museum and returned to Mühlhausen in 1861.

[Nietzki 1910, 40]

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