Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation! / H. Breul ; original by H. Brückner. – Historic Print
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This antique lithograph of Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation! / H. Breul ; original by H. Brückner. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation! / H. Breul ; original by H. Brückner.
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This color lithograph gathers scenes from Martin Luther's life, including the German-language episodes of Luther nailing his theses to the church door and standing before the Diet of Worms. Published in New York in 1874 by H. Schile, it adapts an original by H. Brückner and was likely aimed at German-speaking households. The sheet also honors earlier reformers such as Jan Hus, John Wycliffe and Girolamo Savonarola, along with Philipp Melanchthon, Johannes Bugenhagen, and the Protestant warrior-kings Gustavus Adolphus and Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, who fought in the Thirty Years' War. Its pairing of portraits and scenes shows how 19th-century Protestants framed the Reformation as a long line of principled dissent.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Published u. printed by H. Schile, 36 Division St. c1874. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Entered according to Act of Cong. in the year 1874 by H. Schile in the Office of Librarian of Cong. at Washington. Reference copy available in: BIOG FILE. DLC Details available showing: Luther schlägt die 90 Sätze an" and "Luther auf dem Reichstag zu Worms."" |
| Subjects | Luther, Martin,--1483-1546. Hus, Jan,--1369?-1415. Savonarola, Girolamo,--1452-1498. Wycliffe, John,--d. 1384. Melanchthon, Philipp,--1497-1560. Bugenhagen, Johann,--1485-1558. Gustav--II Adolf,--King of Sweden,--1594-1632. Bernhard,--Duke of Saxe-Weimar,--1604-1639. Reformation. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,208 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-148204 |
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