Philip Melanchthon
Albrecht Dürer · 1526
Why it's great
Philipp Melanchthon, the teacher and thinker who became Luther's closest partner in the Reformation, in an engraving by Albrecht Dürer from 1526. Dürer admired Luther's cause.
🏛️ Part of history
The Protestant Reformation (1517–1648) — Philipp Melanchthon, the teacher and thinker who became Luther's closest partner in the Reformation, in an engraving by Albrecht Dürer from 1526.
Where to see it
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Albrecht Dürer was a German artist born in Nuremberg in 1471. He was a painter, but he is most famous for his woodcuts and engravings, which made him known across Europe, and for traveling to Italy to learn from Renaissance artists. He lived mostly in Nuremberg and died there in 1528.
