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Jan van Leiden
Heinrich Aldegrever1536
Renaissance and Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach
Jan van Leiden, the self-appointed king of the Anabaptist realm of Münster, was portrayed by Aldegrever, even after his defeat, in a ruler’s garb: “This was my appearance, this is my jewelry, when I carried the scepter, I the king of the Anabaptists, though only for a brief time. God’s power is my strength.” After van Leiden was executed, his corpse was suspended from the tower of the Lambertikirche (Saint Lambert church) in Münster
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- Title: Jan van Leiden
- Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever
- Date Created: 1536
- Physical Dimensions: 31.7 × 22.7 cm
- Technique and Material: Copperplate engraving
- Provenance: Von Nagler Collection
- Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
- Inv.-No.: 158-4
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018511
- External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kupferstichkabinett/home.html
- Copyright: Photo © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett/ Jörg P. Anders; Text © Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach, A Cooperation of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nov 20, 2016 – March 26, 2017, Munich: Prestel, 2016; cat. no. 29 / Michael Roth
- Catalogue: https://prestelpublishing.randomhouse.de/book/Renaissance-and-Reformation/Stephanie-Buck/Prestel-com/e504919.rhd
- Artist Dates: c. 1502 Paderborn–c. 1555–61 Soest
- Artist Biography: Probably trained in Soest, the painter joined the workshop of Ludger tom Ring the Elder in 1521. Later, impressed by the work of Albrecht Dürer, he turned to copperplate engraving and created a series of outstanding portraits in that medium as well as depictions of biblical and mythological figures. Aldegrever was a committed supporter of the Reformation.
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