File:Lucas Cranach d.Ä. (Werkst.) - Porträt des Martin Luther (Fogg Art Museum).jpg

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Summary

anonymous: Martin Luther

Artist



Alternative names	Lucas Cranach
Description	-German painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter
Date of birth/death	4 October 1472	16 October 1553
Location of birth/death	Kronach	Weimar
Work location	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority file	: Q191748 VIAF: 49268177 ISNI: 0000000121319721 ULAN: 500115364 LCCN: n50020861 NLA: 35031951 WorldCat

Title

Martin Luther

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Martin Luther

Date

1546

Medium

paint on panel

Dimensions

height: 64.8 cm (25.5 in); width: 48.9 cm (19.2 in)

Collection

Fogg Museum

	Native name	Fogg Art Museum
	Parent institution	Harvard University
	Location	Category:Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
	Coordinates	42° 22′ 30.29″ N, 71° 06′ 52.26″ W
	Established	1895
	Website	http://www.harvardartmuseums.org
	Authority file	: Q809600 VIAF: 132449533 ISNI: 0000000406087397 ULAN: 500265900 LCCN: n79105958 NLA: 35091307 WorldCat

Current location

2^nd floor, room 2540

Accession number

1955.164

Place of creation

Germany

Credit line

given to Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum by Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Inscriptions

Artist's insignia above the right shoulder: winged serpent with dropped wings and dated '1546' in black paint
at the top: 'D. MARTINVS LVTHERVS.' Inscribed by the museum conservators: 'NATCEBATUR LILEBRAE ANNO AMATO SALVATORE MCCCCLXXXXI, V[ ]DECIMO ANTE CALENDAS NOVEMBRIS HORA X POSTMERIDIEM'

Notes

Friedländer, Rosenberg (1978) Nr. FR423E
last official portrait of Martin Luther

References

Cranach Digital Archive

Source/Photographer

1./2. Harvard Art Museums
3. Google Arts & Culture

Licensing

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	22:25, 19 July 2016	1,844 × 2,400 (394 KB)	Oursana	source= http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/228851
	11:55, 12 March 2013	756 × 1,024 (49 KB)	Botaurus	== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Artwork \|artist = {{Creator:Lucas Cranach (I)\|Workshop of}} \|title = {{title\|Martin Luther}} \|description = \|date = 1546 \|medium = {{Oil on panel}} ...