Portret van Martin Luther
Willem Jacobsz Delff
1590 - 1638
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
239; 148
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 239 mm x breedte 148 mm
Art Historical Context
**Portrait of Martin Luther** *Willem Jacobsz Delff, c. 1590–1638, Engraving, 239 × 148 mm* This striking engraving captures the likeness of Martin Luther, the theologian whose Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 ignited the Protestant Reformation. Created by Dutch engraver Willem Jacobsz Delff Delft, a master of the medium during the Dutch Golden Age's early stirrings, the portrait reflects the enduring reverence for Luther in Protestant Northern Europe. Delff, active in Leiden and known for precise reproductive prints, likely drew from earlier images to honor Luther decades after his death in 1546...