Name: Antique Print-PORTRAIT-MARTIN-LUTHER-TEACHER-Houbraken-c. 1780
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Antique Print-PORTRAIT-MARTIN-LUTHER-TEACHER-Houbraken-c. 1780

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‘DEN MAKKREN LEERIAR STEEDS GEHAAT, VERVOLGD, GEDOEMD; DIEN PLEITEND VOOR GOD’S EER, NOCH BAN NOCH BOEI DEED BEEVEN, DEN KERKHERVORMER, OP WIENS MOED GANTSCH SAXEN ROEMT; DEN GROOTEN LUTHER ZIET GE IN DIT TAFREEL NAAR ‘T LEVEN. L. PATER.’

– Portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1546), a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. He was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.

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Description

Portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1546), a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. He was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 13.4 x 18.3 cm (5.28 x 7.2 inch). Image size: 10.8 x 16.5 cm. (4.25 x 6.5 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-MARTIN-LUTHER-TEACHER | PCO-C46-37

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Jacobus Houbraken (1698-1780) was a Dutch engraver, etcher and collector and the son of the artist and biographer Arnold Houbraken.