Martin Luther, Bust to the Left

1551

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 8 9/16 in. (37.4 × 21.8 cm)
Collection no.: 17.37.207
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Lucas Cranach the Elder. Martin Luther, Bust to the Left. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Martin Luther, Bust to the Left — Lucas Cranach the Elder. 1551.

Medium: Woodcut. Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/4 × 8 9/16 in. (37.4 × 21.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Henry Walters,1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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