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Portrait of Martin Luther, Pierre Jean Paul de Berny

Pierre Jean Paul de Berny

Portrait of Martin Luther

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Pierre Jean Paul de Berny

Portrait of Martin Luther, 1772

Blatt: 260 x 203 mm
Darstellung: 211 x 157 mm

Inventory Number: 1185

Object Number: 1185 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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Title: Portrait of Martin Luther

Draughtsman

Pierre Jean Paul de Berny

Period Produced

18th century

School

Late Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Material

Technique

pen drawing

Geographic Reference

French

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert, datiert und bezeichnet unten (mit der Feder in Schwarz): Fait à la Plume d'après le Portrait Original. Par Le Chevalier De Berny Capitaine. 1772.; bezeichnet mittig: MARTINUS - LUTHERUS - THEOL - PERTENDENS; unter dem Porträt: né l'an 1483. mort l'an 1546; darunter: Juppiter ut Titanas obaimatosque Gigantas / Quondam dejecit fulmine flammivomo., / Sic tu Pontifices Tiberinos, Save Luthere, / Prostasti tonitcu non inbibende fero. / Quis Sibi non Saliûm metuit? tuus balitus ignis, / Vox fulmen, calamus Grando cor AEtna fuit.

Captions Added Later: Verso unten rechts Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark: C I Honig und Wappen mit Lilie [Fragment]

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13.12.2024