The Reformation provided Cranach with a new subject area. Cranach offered himself as a pictorial propagandist for the new cause. In 1520 he executed the portrait - first an engraving - of Martin Luther, whose image from then on was shaped and reshaped by Cranach's creations. Painted portraits of Luther were produced by the hundreds in the Cranach workshop. From 1525 Luther's portrait was mainly produced in the form of a pair with a pendant depicting either his wife Katharina von Bora or Philipp Melanchton.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Portraits of Hans Luther and Margaretha Luther 1527 Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 38 x 25 cm (each) Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach	1320*1000 True Color 174 Kb
	Portrait of Hans Luther (detail) 1527 Oil and tempera on red beechwood Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach	900*1209 True Color 175 Kb
	Portrait of Margaretha Luther (detail) 1527 Oil and tempera on red beechwood Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach	900*1182 True Color 188 Kb
	Portrait of Frederick the Wise in Old Age 1527 Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 40 x 23 cm Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt	1000*1481 True Color 171 Kb
	Portrait of a Bearded Man 1527 Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 28 x 35 cm Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen	1282*1000 True Color 87 Kb
	Portrait Diptych of Martin Luther and his Wife Katharina von Bora 1529 Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 38 x 24 cm (each) Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt	1400*1019 True Color 185 Kb
	Portraits of Martin Luther and Catherine Bore 1529 Oil on wood, 37 x 23 cm (each) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1030*829 True Color 102 Kb
	Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and his Wife - Oil on wood, 38 x 24 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan	1035*770 True Color 103 Kb
	Martin Luther c. 1532 Oil on beech panel, 33 x 23 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	849*1200 True Color 198 Kb
	Portrait of Dr. Johannes Scheyring 1529 Panel Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels	703*1032 True Color 121 Kb
	Portrait of a Young Woman c. 1530 Oil on wood, 42 x 29 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	700*1086 True Color 128 Kb
	Portrait of a Young Woman 1525-35 Oil on limewood panel, 37 x 25 cm Private collection	602*931 True Color 66 Kb
	Portrait of Princess Maria of Saxony 1534 Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 51 x 36 cm Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt	950*1312 True Color 213 Kb
	Johannes Carion c. 1530 Beech panel, 52 x 37 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	1000*1409 True Color 170 Kb
	Portrait of a Man with a Gold Embroidered Cap 1532 Oil and gold on beech panel, 51 x 36 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1023*1400 True Color 239 Kb
	Portrait of a Man with a Gold Embroidered Cap (detail) 1532 Oil and gold on beech panel Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	500*567 True Color 53 Kb
	Portrait of Charles V 1533 Oil on panel, 51 x 36 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	700*1032 True Color 82 Kb
	Portraits of Johann I and Frederick III the Wise, Electors of Saxony 1533 Oil on wood, 20 x 15 cm (each) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1017*750 True Color 150 Kb
	Portrait of Elector Friedrich III the Wise of Saxony after 1532 Oil on panel, 80 x 49 cm Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna	900*1473 True Color 116 Kb
	Portrait of Elector Frederick the Wise 1530s Oil on panel, 13 x 15 cm Private collection	541*499 True Color 46 Kb
	Portrait of Elector John the Steadfast 1530s Oil on panel, 13 x 15 cm Private collection	535*499 True Color 40 Kb
	Friedrich III, the Wise, and Johann I, the Constant, Electors of Saxony 1533 Oil on beech panel with letterpress-printed paper label, 21 x 15 cm (each) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1459*1000 True Color 248 Kb
	Friedrich III, the Wise, Elector of Saxony 1533 Oil on beech panel with letterpress-printed paper label, 21 x 15 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	693*1000 True Color 184 Kb
	Johann I, the Constant, Elector of Saxony 1533 Oil on beech panel with letterpress-printed paper label, 21 x 15 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	706*1000 True Color 182 Kb
	Johann I, the Constant, Elector of Saxony 1532-33 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, with letterpress-printed paper label, 21 x 15 cm (each) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	718*1000 True Color 191 Kb
	Georg the Bearded, Duke of Saxony 1534-35 Oil on beech panel, 64 x 43 cm Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig	826*1200 True Color 212 Kb
	Johann, Duke of Saxony 1534-37 Oil on beech panel, 65 x 44 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	900*1327 True Color 195 Kb
	Saxon Princesses Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia c. 1535 Oil on limewood, 62 x 89 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	1327*900 True Color 178 Kb
	Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam 1530-36 Oil on beech wood, 19 x 15 cm Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam	1028*1300 True Color 136 Kb
	Portrait of a Young Girl c. 1540 Oil on wood, 39 x 25 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris	714*1100 True Color 91 Kb
	Portrait of Martin Luther 1543 Panel Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg	701*998 True Color 107 Kb
	Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon 1543 Oil on wood, 21 x 16 cm (each) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence	1800*1174 True Color 245 Kb