# Portrait of Martin Luther as Junker Jörg [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 34 x 25 cm ## Commentary After the excommunication by Pope Leo X, Luther's life was in grave danger. To protect him from arrest and murder, Elector Frederick the Wise had him abducted and held captive at Wartburg, where he remained incognito as the aristocratic Junker Jörg. There are several versions of this portrait, the one in Leipzig is probably a repetition of an earlier version by Cranach and his workshop. ## Related artworks - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)]() - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion]() - [A Prince of Saxony]() - [A Princess of Saxony]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()