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D. Martin Luther / Lucas Cranach pinx. ; J.E. Haid sculp.

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Johann Elias Haid
1739-1809

D. Martin Luther / Lucas Cranach pinx. ; J.E. Haid sculp.

Published

Augsberg : [publisher not identified], 1782.

mezzotint, engraving, and etching
image: 234 x 141 mm; plate mark: 224 x 141 mm; sheet: 317 x 238 mm
Peel 0007
Notes
Lettered below image: Lucas Cranach pinx 1525 / J.E. Haid Sculp Aug. Vind. 1782.
See also Peel 0008, a companion portrait of Catharina Luther.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: unknown.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Portrait bust of Martin Luther; to the right, looking to the right; in a tondo set into a fictive stone wall, with garlands surrounding. After the 1525 painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Associated names
Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints