Martin Luther als Augustinermönch im Ordenshabit, Brustbild nach links, mit Inschrift

Martin Luther als Augustinermönch im Ordenshabit, Brustbild nach links, mit Inschrift

Title

Martin Luther als Augustinermönch im Ordenshabit, Brustbild nach links, mit Inschrift

[KKL 2020]

Print, engraving

See German text version

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Inventor*in

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Inventor*in

[KKL 2022]

Dating
1520

Dating

1520

[dated, KKL 2022]

Chronology
between 1540 and 1550
after 1577

Chronology

1520

[dated]

between 1540 and 1550

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 35]

after 1577

[cda 2026]

Dimensions
Plate: 142 (+/-1) x 98 (+/-1) mm

Dimensions

  • Plate: 142 (+/-1) x 98 (+/-1) mm

  • Image: 140 (+/-2) x 96 (+/-2) mm

  • [Thomas Klinke, KKL 2022]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and date '.M.D.X.X.'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and date '.M.D.X.X.'

  • [KKL 2022]

Inscriptions

- bottom: 'AETHERNA IPSE SVAE MENTIS SIMVLACHRA LVTHERVS || EXPRIMIT · AT VVLTVS CERA LVCAE OCCIDVOS || ·M·D·X·X·'

Inscriptions

Inscriptions:

  • - bottom: 'AETHERNA IPSE SVAE MENTIS SIMVLACHRA LVTHERVS || EXPRIMIT · AT VVLTVS CERA LVCAE OCCIDVOS || ·M·D·X·X·'

  • [KKL 2022]

CDA ID
LC_HVI-7_6
KKL-No
I.1D2, Part of portait group I
Bartsch-No
VII.278.5
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/LC_HVI-7_6/
  • Martin Luther als Augustinermönch im Ordenshabit, Brustbild nach links, mit Inschrift, between 1577 and 1614
State / Edition
3rd state; edition c)
Dating
between 1577 and 1614

Dating

between 1577 and 1614

[cda 2026]

Medium
Print on laid paper

Medium

Print on laid paper

[Museum online database, accessed 22-01-2021]

Short description
Single-leaf print
Dimensions
Sheet: 134 x 95 mm (5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

Dimensions

Labels

- Verso, lower left, graphite: '9085 / cn'
- Verso, lower center, graphite: 'B5. / L. Cranach.'
- Verso, …

Labels

later inscription, stamps, seals, labels:

  • - Verso, lower left, graphite: '9085 / cn'

  • - Verso, lower center, graphite: 'B5. / L. Cranach.'

  • - Verso, upper center, graphite: 'Very rare.' / 'Fine impression.' / '(Dealer's remarks.)' / '$17.--'

  • - Verso, lower center, graphite: 'Luther.'

  • [Museum online database, accessed 22-01-2021]

CDA ID
US_HAM_G4390
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_HAM_G4390
Owner
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
Repository
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
Location
Cambridge

Provenance

Gray Collection of Engravings Fund
[Museum online database, accessed 22-01-2021]

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