Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

Title

Martin Luther, bust-length, facing right

[KKL 2022]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sp.)

[Klein 05.02.2020]

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Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012] [KKL 2022]

Production date
about 1528 - 1530

Production date

about 1528 - 1530

[KKL 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 35,75 x 24.5 x 1,3 cm (bevelled to 4 - 6 mm at the edges)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 35,75 x 24.5 x 1,3 cm (bevelled to 4 - 6 mm at the edges)

  • [KKL 2022]

  • (without additions)

  • Dimensions of support: 36.2 x 26.2 cm

  • (with additions)

  • Dimensions including frame: 45.4 x 34.7 cm

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

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Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • See German text version

Owner
Evangelisches Predigerseminar Wittenberg
Repository
Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_LHW_G16
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
KKL-No
IV.M5a, Part of portait group IV
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_LHW_G16/

Provenance

Augustin Collection
[KKL 2022]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1992 p. 180
AuthorVolkmar Joestel
TitleDer Reformator mit dem Hammer. Zur Wirkungsgeschichte von Luthers "Thesenanschlag" bis 1917
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1992
Treu, Pellmann 1991 p. 72
AuthorMartin Treu, Hans Pellmann
TitleDie Lutherhalle Wittenberg
SeriesKleine Kunstführer
Volume1924
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1991
Exhib. Cat. Wittenberg 1984 27, 194, 195 34
AuthorRonny Kabus, Hans-Joachim Beeskow
TitleMartin Luther 1483 bis 1546 in der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg. Katalog zur Ausstellung
Place of PublicationRostock
Year of Publication1984
Kabus, Pötschke 1983 31
AuthorRonny Kabus, Jutta Pötzschke
TitleMartin Luther 1483-1546. Ein Begleitheft durch die Hauptausstellung der Staatlichen Lutherhalle Wittenberg
Place of PublicationErfurt
Year of Publication1983
Ullmann 1973 63, 193
AuthorErnst Ullmann
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. Bürger und Hofmaler
Publicationin J. Feist, E. Ullmann, eds., Künstler u. Gesellschaft., Referate d. Colloquiums zum 500. Geburtstag Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. Staatliche Lutherhalle Wittenberg 1.-3. Okt. 1972
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1973
Jordan 1924 6, 27, 47, 71
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleZur Geschichte der Sammlungen der Lutherhalle 1877-1922
Place of PublicationWittenberg
Year of Publication1924
Jordan 1920 6
AuthorJulius Jordan
TitleLutherhalle Wittenberg. Führer durch die Sammlungen des Lutherhauses
Place of PublicationWittenberg
IssueSecond edition
Year of Publication1920

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Technical studies

Date2018 - 2021

Support

See German version

06. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

Date07.06.2001

  • conservation treatment by Ateliergemeinschaft Reschke & Beck

Versions

Support made from the same tree

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