Lot n° 1
Estimation :
500 - 800
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(Reformation - Protestantism) - Lot 1
(Reformation - Protestantism)
16th-17th century German school
Full-length portrait of Melanchton (Philipp Schwarzerd, 1497-1560)
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42 x 35 cm
Melanchthon (Philipp Schwarzerd, 1497-1560) was a German humanist and theologian, a close collaborator of Martin Luther.
Nicknamed the "tutor of Germany", he played a major role in the Protestant Reformation. He wrote the Augsburg Confession (1530), the foundation of Lutheranism, and made a major contribution to the reform of Protestant education and theology in the 16th century.
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