Martin Luther Gallery

Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation

Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation!. Print shows Luther burning papal bull of excommunication, with vignettes from Luther's life and portraits of Hus, Savonarola, Wycliffe, Cruciger, Melanchton, Bugenhagen, Gustav Adolf, & Bernhard, duke of Saxe-Weimar. Date c1874. Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation!. Print shows Luther burning papal bull of excommunication, with vignettes from Luther's life and portraits of Hus, Savonarola, Wycliffe, Cruciger, Melanchton, Bugenhagen, Gustav Adolf, & Bernhard, duke of Saxe-Weimar. Date c1874. Date

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Life of Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Vintage illustration features the life of Martin Luther (1483-1546), a German professor of theology, composer, priest, and Augustinian monk whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism that identifies with the teachings of Martin Luther

The Baptism of Christ, 1530s. Creator: Lucas Cranach (German, 1472-1553)

The Baptism of Christ, 1530s. Painted in minute detail, Cranach's majestic scene includes elements characteristic of landscapes in 16th-century German art: verdant forest, hilltop city, and distant mountains. A close associate of Protestant reformer Martin Luther, Cranach adapted Christian imagery to reflect Luther's belief that religious art must narrate scripture. The Gospels describe Christ's baptism with the heavens opening, a dove descending, and a voice saying, "Here is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased," which Cranach painted in Latin directly onto the clouds

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