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Martin Art Gallery
Baker Center for the Arts
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA 18104
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Email:
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Heinrich Aldegrever
(German, 1502-1555)
Martin Luther, 1540
Etching
In the tradition of Albrecht Durer, Heinrich Aldegrever was a successful
painter, engraver, and etcher who assimilated the forms of the
Renaissance in Germany. His small scale engravings have a gothic
sensibility and attention to detail. The influence of the Italian
Renaissance artists on Aldegrever is evident in his work, Martin Luther
from the college’s permanent collection. This etching of Luther is a
representative sample of the mature style of this German master. Gifted
to the college in 1967 by the local alumni association, the print was
offered to the college to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the
Reformation.
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College, Allentown, Pennsylvania. Any reproduction or distribution of
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