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Martin Luther
British SchoolBefore 1626
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Martin Luther (1483-1546), theologian and founder of the German Reformation, excommunicated from the Catholic Church in 1521. The head recalls the last of the Luther portraits by Lucas Cranach, but the image may derive more particularly from one of the many related engravings, for example the half-length, without the hand, in Beza's 'Icones' (1580). See also British School DPG368.
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Details
- Title: Martin Luther
- Date: Before 1626
- Physical Dimensions: w269 x h340 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Nationality: British
- Support: Canvas
- School: British School
- Provenance: Probably Alleyn Bequest, 1626.
- Inscriptions: Inscribed upper right: 'Luther / 15[4]6'
- Acquisition Method: Alleyn, Edward (Bequest, 1626)
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