Reformation altarpiece
Reformation altarpiece is a polyptych. It is recorded from 1540.
Also recorded as Wittenberg altarpiece.
Contents
Practice and materials
Its recorded materials are hardwood.
It forms part of Stadtkirche Wittenberg. It comprises Reformation altarpiece [central panel]: The Last Supper (recto), The Trinity (verso), Reformation altarpiece [left wing]: The Baptism (recto), The Brazen Serpent (verso), Reformation altarpiece [right wing]: The Confession (recto), The Sacrifice of Abraham (verso), Reformation altarpiece [Predella]: The Sermon (recto) and Reformation altarpiece [Predella]: The Saved and the Damned (verso).
Literature
4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
The<i>Wittenberg Altarpiece</i>and the Image of Identity, Reformation, 2006. From Vision to Testimony: Cranach's<i>Weimar Altarpiece</i>, Reformation & Renaissance Review, 2003. The so-called ‘Reformation Altarpiece’ by the Cranach workshop and the restyling of the Wittenberg town church between 1500 and 1600, Arts, Portraits and Representation in the Reformation Era, 2019. The Pre-Reformation Altarpiece of Long Melford Church, The Antiquaries Journal, 2002.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 4 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 2 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 2 means 2 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
It is recorded as the work of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Lucas Cranach the Younger.
Materials recorded for it are hardwood. Recorded constituent parts are Reformation altarpiece [central panel]: The Last Supper (recto), The Trinity (verso), Reformation altarpiece [left wing]: The Baptism (recto), The Brazen Serpent (verso), Reformation altarpiece [right wing]: The Confession (recto), The Sacrifice of Abraham (verso) and Reformation altarpiece [Predella]: The Sermon (recto).
The record gives 1540 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are religious art and Lutheran art. It forms part of Stadtkirche Wittenberg.
It is recorded in the collection of Stadtkirche Wittenberg.
Chronology
- 1540Reformation altarpiece first recorded.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
Appendix 3: Order of Altarpiece Commissions and Completions, Federico Barocci and the Oratorians, 2015
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
From Vision to Testimony: Cranach's<i>Weimar Altarpiece</i>, Reformation & Renaissance Review, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 3.
Lutheran Baroque: The Afterlife of a Reformation Altarpiece, Art History, 2017
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
The Pre-Reformation Altarpiece of Long Melford Church, The Antiquaries Journal, 2002
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
The so-called ‘Reformation Altarpiece’ by the Cranach workshop and the restyling of the Wittenberg town church between 1500 and 1600, Arts, Portraits and Representation in the Reformation Era, 2019
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
The<i>Wittenberg Altarpiece</i>and the Image of Identity, Reformation, 2006
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q30302632: Reformation altarpiece
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Consult the source - 8.
“Wittenberg Altarpiece”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
Plates
Each plate is reproduced under the terms the holding register itself publishes, with its creator and licence named.
Germany: City Church Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Sachsen-Anhalt).
W. Bulach · Own work · CC BY-SA 4.0
The picture record
Germany: City Church Lutherstadt Wittenberg (Sachsen-Anhalt).
W. Bulach · Own work · CC BY-SA 4.0
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