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Martin Luther

by British School

Date: Possibly mid-16th Century

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Probably Alleyn Bequest, 1626

  • Accession number

    DPG421

  • Artist

    British School

  • Date

    Possibly mid-16th Century

  • Dimensions

    34 x 26.9 cm

  • Inscription

    Inscribed upper right: Luther / 15[4]6

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

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.

Martin Luther

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