Portret van Martin Luther
Medium
stipple engraving
Dimensions
140; 72
About this artwork
stippelgravure
Art Historical Context
**Portret van Martin Luther** is a delicate stipple engraving created by Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer (I) in 1817, measuring just 140mm by 72mm—perfectly sized for a collector's album or scholarly volume. This intimate portrait captures the likeness of Martin Luther, the seminal 16th-century reformer whose Ninety-Five Theses ignited the Protestant Reformation, challenging the Catholic Church and reshaping European Christianity. Meyer employs the stipple engraving technique, or *stippelgravure*, where intricate patterns of dots produce subtle gradations of tone and texture, mimicking the softness o...