Heinrich ALDEGREVER
1502 - ca. 1555-1561
Portrait of Martin Luther
1540
Copper-engraving after a woodcut by Hans Brosamer
174 x 125 mm, trimmed to the platemark
Fine impression, a few lightly thinned places and adhesive stains along the borders
Watermark: gothic P with flower and horn (Briquet 8833, New Hollstein 184 a)
Provenance : G. Bewley (initials on the reverse, Lugt 1137a)
Reference: New Hollstein 184
NB : Counterpart of the Portrait of Philippe Melanchton,