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portrait of Martin Luther

Lost Art-ID
566408
Bildnachweis: Ekkehard, Mitteilungsblatt deutscher Genealogischer Abende, Jg. VII (1931), Kunstbeilage Nr. 3
Artist
Cranach, Lucas (der Ältere) (Werkstatt)
Birth
1472, Kronach
Death
1553.10.16
Place of activity
Wittenberg; Weimar; Wien?
Title
portrait of Martin Luther
Place of manufacture
Wittenberg
Dating
1528/1529
Object type
Painting
Group of reported objects
Painting
Material / Technique
Oil ; Panel / painted
Height
38.00 cm
Width
25.00 cm
Inventory number
5. P.
Description
The portrait of the reformer in a three-quarter profile with a black scarf and a black beret, turned to the right.
Provenance

1702 Donation of the image of Pastor Caspar Fiedler from Rochlitz to the Hallesche Orphanage, hanging the picture in the Kunst- und Naturalienkammer (entry calendar August Hermann Francke, archive of the Francke Foundations

1910 Lending by the director of the Municipal Museum at the Moritzburg in Halle, Max Sauerlandt (loan agreement, archive of the Francke Foundations)

1933 Presentation of the painting in an exhibition of the Kunstmuseum Moritzburg (Heimatkalender für Halle and the Saalkreis 1933)

In 1939 the portrait is listed as part of a list of objects in the Moritzburg to ensure the

antiaircraft defense.

According to existing archival records, it was very likely to be transferred to the Bösenburg cave (municipality Gerbstedt, district of Mansfeld-Südharz, Land Saxony-Anhalt) in 1944. After that the track of the picture loses. It is known, that after the end of the war, the cave was crashed, boxes were broken and art objects were looted (Museum of Fine Arts Moritzburg Halle (Saale)).

Published since
08.02.2017
Contact

Franckesche Stiftungen
Halle
06110 Halle (Saale)
Germany

Phone
(0345) 2127400
Fax
(0345) 2127433
leitung@francke-halle.de
Homepage
http://www.francke-halle.de
Contact
Prof. Dr. Müller-Bahlke, Thomas
Position
Direktor
Contact
Dr. Britta Klosterberg
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Franckesche Stiftungen

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