A half-length portrait of Martin Luther facing to the right and depicted against a blue background. He holds a book in his hands.
On the reverse there are strips of paper with both written and printed texts, that have been covered with a brown glaze (see: Melanchthon (Dep.27 Fv Leihgabe der
A half-length portrait of Martin Luther facing to the right and depicted against a blue background. He holds a book in his hands.
On the reverse there are strips of paper with both written and printed texts, that have been covered with a brown glaze (see: Melanchthon (Dep.27 Fv Leihgabe der UEK). In the centre there is a large circle containing a five petalled flower with a heart shaped centre (the so-called Luther rose). The circle is painted.
[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]
- Attributions
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Hans Cranach
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
| Hans Cranach | Hans Cranach (?) [Heydenreich 2015, 123] |
| Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010] |
- Production date
- 1532
Production date
| 1532 | [pendant dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 19.8 x 14.2 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19.8 x 14.2 cm
Dimension of the painted surface: 19.3 x 13.6 cm
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel: - top and bottom:
broad strip of paper with both printed and handwritten textsInscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - top and bottom:
broad strip of paper with both printed and handwritten texts [see: Melanchthon (Dep.27 Fv Leihgabe der UEK)]. The paper is coated with a brown glaze making the text illegible.
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
- Owner
- Union Evangelischer Kirchen (UEK)
- Repository
- Evangelisches Predigerseminar, Wittenberg
- Location
- Wittenberg
- CDA ID
- DE_UEK-smbGG_Dep26
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR314-315C
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_UEK-smbGG_Dep26/
