Cranach’s Wittenberg Altarpiece
This painting was first displayed a year after Luther’s death, and those who viewed it saw their own pastors and themselves depicted as receiving God’s Word and Sacraments.
This painting was first displayed a year after Luther’s death, and those who viewed it saw their own pastors and themselves depicted as receiving God’s Word and Sacraments.
The repetition of related themes throughout the painting artfully supports Christ as the central figure to whom all history had been pointing.