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Johann Elias Haid
1739-1809
Catharina Luther / Lucas Cranach pinx. ; J.E. Haid Sculp.
mezzotint, engraving, and etching
image: 221 x 140 mm; plate mark: 223 x 140 mm; sheet: 318 x 235 mm
Peel 0008
Published:
Augsberg : [publisher not identified], 1782.
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Watermark: unknown.
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.
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.
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