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Martin Luther

Eisleben 1483 - Eisleben 1546
German priest and professor of theology who initiated the Protestant Reformation
(Wikipedia)

Rudolf Siemering
Bronzegießerei Gladenbeck (Friedrichshagen bei Berlin)
1883

Description

Bronze statue of Luther with the bible in his left hand and the papal bull in his right hand. It stands on a pedestal from Swedish granite with four reliefs, showing scenes from Luther's life:

Eisleben - Martin Luther
Front: Victory of the good against the bad, otherwise The triumph of truth (shown as an angel) over the devil.
Right: Disputation of Luther and Johann Maier von Eck (according to another source: Luther discussing theology with his close friend Philipp Melanchthon).

Back: Luther at home, singing hymns with his family: his wife Katharina von Bora (1499-1552) and three of his children (he had four children: Johannes (1526-1575), Martin (1531-1565), Paul (1533-1593), and Margarethe (1534-1570). Eisleben - Martin Luther
Left: Luther as bible translator in the Wartburg; or Luther searching the Scriptures.

Signature

r. siemering fecit 1882
gegossen v. h. gladenbeck & sohn, berlin

Annotation

The statue was dedicated on the occasion of the 400th birthday of Martin Luther in 1883.

Sculptor

Rudolf Siemering (Königsberg 1835 - Berlin 1905), German sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Lutherstad Eisleben, Das Lutherdenkmal.
Sacred Destinations, Lutherdenkmal (Luther Monument), Eisleben.
Wikipedia, Lutherdenkmal.

Locatie (N 51°31'41" - E 11°32'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: desa004; Photograph: 20 January 2011 / updated: 5 September 2022
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Front: Victory of the good against the bad, otherwise The triumph of truth (shown as an angel) over the devil.	Right: Disputation of Luther and Johann Maier von Eck (according to another source: Luther discussing theology with his close friend Philipp Melanchthon).
Back: Luther at home, singing hymns with his family: his wife Katharina von Bora (1499-1552) and three of his children (he had four children: Johannes (1526-1575), Martin (1531-1565), Paul (1533-1593), and Margarethe (1534-1570).	Left: Luther as bible translator in the Wartburg; or Luther searching the Scriptures.