Paintings, Prints & Drawings — 1761-1820
The portraits of the Principal Primitive Reformers, of Various Countries, to whom under God we are indebted for the Glorious Light of the Protestant Religion . . .
Behind a table sit and stand 21 protestant reformers, named in a key, (Perkins, Prague, Bucer, Martyr, Zuinglius, Knox, Zanchi, Bulinger, Occlampadius, Buxtorf, Bolton, Arminius, Wickliff, Beza, Calvin, Luther, Melancthon, Aquinas, Molern, Grotius, Huss). On the table is the "Candle of Reformation", while in front of it stand a friar, the Pope and the devil (in broad-rimmed hat and with a dog), with the legend "We cannot blow it out". Cf. a similar (but smaller) engraving at Z6538.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- Z6572
- Object name:
- The portraits of the Principal Primitive Reformers, of Various Countries, to whom under God we are indebted for the Glorious Light of the Protestant Religion . . .
- Artist/Maker:
- Lodge, Hogg, Alexander
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- Production date:
- 1761-1820
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 236 mm, W 357 mm (paper)
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 60%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
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- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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