Title

Martin Luther, Protestant church reformer, (1903). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Martin Luther, Protestant church reformer, (1903). After a picture in the Tower Church at Weimar. Luther (1483-1546) was a major inspiration behind the Reformation. He was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX in 1521 and declared an outlaw at the Diet of Worms. Under the protection of the Elector of Saxony, Luther produced a German translation of the Bible, and he went on to found the Lutheran Protestant Church. After a portrait by Cranach (1520) from the title page of a sermon against the authority of the Church published in 1522. A print from The World's History, A Survey of Man's Record, by Dr HF Helmolt, Volume II, William Heinemann, London, 1903.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1903

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C20_062

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (4,2Mb) / 12,3in x 15,7in / 3704 x 4714 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany people male man men religious German country religion guy monk monks Christianity location century leader priest B&W MONOCHROME Protestant Protestantism cleric clergyman Lutheran black & white black and white B W 16th century reformer sixteenth century The Print Collector Reformation Martin Luther engraving portrait Unknown Martin Luther Lucas Lucas Cranach the Elder;Cranach the Elder engraving portrait