Source
Source: Daniel Hopfer, Portrait of Martin Luther after Lucas Cranach the Elder, etching, 1523. Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/373105
Abstract
This etching is a copy of a copperplate engraving by the famous Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. Martin Luther is portrayed in both his doctoral beret and his monastic habit. Cranach emphasizes his dual role as both scholar and devout Christian, underscored by the inscription, which reads: “Luther’s body may decay / his Christian soul is immortal.”
Martin Luther as Professor of Theology (1523)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Recommended Citation
Martin Luther as Professor of Theology (1523),
published in: German History in Documents and Images,
<https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/from-the-reformations-to-the-thirty-years-war-1500-1648/ghdi:image-3310>
[March 27, 2025].