# Portrait of Margaretha Luther \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil and tempera on red beechwood ## Commentary Martin Luther's mother shows the strain of having raised nine children, but she seems comfortable with herself and presents a dignified, more relaxed pendant to Albrecht <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/durer/2/11/4/04mother.html'\)" HREF="/html/d/durer/2/11/4/04mother.html">Dürer's expressive 1514 charcoal drawing</A> of his sick mother. ## 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]()