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AFG4826

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Title

Subject

Luther, Martin, 1483–1546 - Portraits

Description

Despite his wishes, Dürer never had the opportunity to portray Luther from life. Most Europeans came to recognize Luther’s features through portraits by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), who became one of Luther’s closest friends, and Hans Baldung Grien (c. 1484–1545), who was trained in Dürer’s workshop between 1503 and 1507. The exhibited woodcut by Baldung Grien, dated 1521, depicts Luther while he was still an Augustinian canon.

Creator

Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, Juda, Leo, 1482–1542, translator, Cranach, Lucas, 1472–1553, engraver, and Schott, Johann, 1477–1548, printer.

Source

AFG4826. Martin Luther (1483–1546). Postil, oder Uszleg der Epistel und Evangelien durch den Advent. [Strasbourg: Johann Schott, 1522].

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Reformation

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Book of sermons with woodcut illustrations

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Luther, Martin, 1483–1546, Juda, Leo, 1482–1542, translator, Cranach, Lucas, 1472–1553, engraver, and Schott, Johann, 1477–1548, printer., “AFG4826,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed November 29, 2023, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1854.