Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Title

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

[KKL 2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Museo Poldi Pezzoli, revised 2013]

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Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[[Homepage Museo Poldi Pezzoli, zuletzt besucht 16.05.2022]] [KKL 2022]

Production date
1529

Production date

1529

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 38.3 x 24 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 38.3 x 24 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 59 x 70 cm

  • [Museo Poldi Pezzoli, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at centre left: winged serpent and dated either side '1529' with black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at centre left: winged serpent and dated either side '1529' with black paint

  • [KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels

'M . L || IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'
[KKL 2022]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • 'M . L || IN SILENCIO ET SPE ERIT FORTITVDO VESTRA'

  • [KKL 2022]

Owner
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
Repository
Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
Location
Milan
CDA ID
I_MPP_1036
FR (1978) Nr.
FR312-313E
KKL-No
IV.M13a, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/I_MPP_1036/

Provenance

Acquired in 1894 for 500 liras by Giuseppe Bertini (first director of the Museum) from the painter Giuseppe Barbaglia.
[Museo Poldi Pezzoli, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Milan 1982 165-166 Nos. 222, 223
AuthorM. Natale
TitleDipinti in Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication1982
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 312-313
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Russoli 1978 30
AuthorFranco Russoli
TitleIl Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milano. Guida per il visitatore
Place of PublicationFlorence
Year of Publication1978
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Gregorietti 1972 22
AuthorG. Gregorietti
TitleIntroduzione storica
Publicationin Il Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication1972
Pages9-32
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Russoli 1972 256
AuthorFranco Russoli
TitlePittura e scultura
Publicationin Guido Gregorietti, ed., Il Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication1972
Pages197-288
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Russoli 1955 141-142
AuthorFranco Russoli
TitleLa Pinacoteca Poldi Pezzoli
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication1955
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Russoli 1951 23
AuthorFranco Russoli
TitleIl Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milano. Guida per il visitatore
Place of PublicationFlorence
Year of Publication1951
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Wittgens 1937
AuthorF. Wittgens
TitleIl Museo Poldi Pezzoli a Milano
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication1937
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Morassi 1932 10, 23
AuthorA. Morassi
TitleIl Museo Poldi-Pezzoli in Milano
Place of PublicationRome
Year of Publication1932
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Cat. Milan 1902 51
Authorn. a.
TitleMuseo artistico Poldi Pezzoli
Place of PublicationMilan
Year of Publication1902
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Frizzoni 1900 172
AuthorG. Frizzoni
TitleDas Museo Poldi-Pezzoli in Mailand in seiner neuen Umgestaltung
JournalZeitschrift für bildende Kunst
IssueNF XI
Year of Publication1900
Pages171-175
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Melani 1900 227
AuthorA. Melani
TitleIl Museo Poldi-Pezzoli in Milano
JournalEmporium
IssueXII
Year of Publication1900
Pages214-231
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Jacobsen 1896 185
AuthorEmil Jacobsen
TitleDie neuesten Erwerbungen der mailänder Galerien
JournalZeitschrift für bildende Kunst
IssueNF VII
Year of Publication1896
Pages183-186
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Vittadini 1895 216
AuthorG. B. Vittadini
TitleNovità Artistiche del Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milano
JournalArchivio Storico dell'Arte
Issueserie II, vol.I
Year of Publication1895
Pages199-217
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Research History / Discussion

The panel with the portrait of Luther signed and dated. It retains the imprint on the margin, partly repainted, of the original frame.

The portrait of Luther and his wife were replicated by Cranach and his workshop in a large number of specimens characterized by slight iconographic variations. One of the noblest versions of the portrait of Luther has been recognized in the Berlin Collection of R. von Goldschmidt-Rothschild dated 1528 which reproduces an image identical to this one but without writing.

The pictorial quality of the two portraits of the Poldi Pezzoli Museum and the insistence of the design with which are marked the facial features cause the execution to report to the master's workshop.

[[Homepage Museo Poldi Pezzoli, letzter Zugriff 21.05.2013]]

Connected Works

Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left
  • Katharina of Bora, bust-length, facing left, 1529
  • I_MPP_1035
  • Painting
  • Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529

Images

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Technical studies

2013Technical Examination

Framing

The original frame has been lost, although on the margins of the panel it is possible to see the trace of the antique frame.

New frame, wood.

[http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/en/node/947](accessed 21.05.2013]

Conservation History

Date1939

  • conservation treatment by M. Pelliccioli

Versions

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528
  • DE_KSVC_M417
  • Painting
  • Oberfrankenstiftung
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528
  • DE_KSW_G559
  • Painting
  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1528 - 1530
  • DE_LHW_G16
  • Painting
  • Evangelisches Predigerseminar Wittenberg
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528
  • DE_NLMH_PAM973
  • Painting
  • Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_KBSB_B59
  • Painting
  • Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Stadtgemeinde
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, as of 1531
  • CH_MAS_A1950
  • Painting
  • Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1530
  • DE_KMG_34-1955
  • Painting
  • Kulturhistorisches Museum Görlitz
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_MHB_1a
  • Painting
  • Europäische Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_SMG_SG18
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1529 - 1530
  • DE_SPSG_GKI50476
  • Painting
  • Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, as of 1528
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P400
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1528 - 1530
  • DE_FSH-Lost_5P
  • Painting
  • Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528 - 1530
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P031
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1528 - 1530
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P410
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • IT_GdU_1160
  • Painting
  • Galleria Uffizi, Firenze
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, 1529
  • DE_HLMD_GK73a
  • Painting
  • Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, about 1528 - 1530
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P409
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right
  • Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right, as of 1529
  • DE_SWMO_III-457-K1
  • Painting
  • Stadt- und Waagenmuseum Oschatz

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