BRA0128

Title

Subject

Description

This 1564 reprinting of Luther’s Passional Christi und Antichristi includes 26 woodcuts by Lucas Cranach the Elder that were first printed in 1521. These highly effective polemical prints compared the ministry of Christ against the corruption of the Antichrist, identified as the pope in Rome.

Creator

Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, Cranach, Lucas, 1472–1553, and Gaubisch, Urban, 1527–1612, printer.

Source

BRA0128. Martin Luther (1483–1546). Der Erste Theil der Bücher, Schrifften, und Predigten. Eisleben: Urban Gaubisch, 1564.

Relation

Reformation

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

German

Type

Book with woodcut illustrations

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, Cranach, Lucas, 1472–1553, and Gaubisch, Urban, 1527–1612, printer., “BRA0128,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1850.