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Catharina Luther / Lucas Cranach pinx. ; J.E. Haid Sculp.

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Johann Elias Haid
1739-1809

Catharina Luther / Lucas Cranach pinx. ; J.E. Haid Sculp.

Published

Augsberg : [publisher not identified], 1782.

mezzotint, engraving, and etching
image: 221 x 140 mm; plate mark: 223 x 140 mm; sheet: 318 x 235 mm
Peel 0008
Notes
Lettered below image: Lucas Cranach pinx 1525 / J.E. Haid Sculp Aug. Vind. 1782.
See also Peel 0007, a companion portrait by Haid after Cranach of Martin Luther.
Eighteenth century print after painting of Catharina Luther by Cranach dated 1525, possibly item AZ038, "Portrait of Martin Luther and his Wife, Katharina Von Bora" in Pierpont Morgan Library.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: unknown.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Portrait bust of Catherina Luther, wife of Martin Luther; to the left, looking to the front; in a tondo set into a fictive stone wall, with garlands surrounding.

Associated names
Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints