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Martin Luther

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

Ernst Rietschel & Adolf von Donndorf
C.A. Bierling (Dresden)
1885

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

MARTIN LUTHER

On the front a laurel wrath with on the ribbon the text errichtet mdcccxxxv

Signature

E. Rietschel fec. 1861
Gegossen von C. Albert Bierling, Dresden 1885.

Annotation

The head is formed after a clay model made by Ernst Rietschel for the Luther Monument in Worms.

Sculptors

Adolf von Donndorf (Weimar 1835 - Stuttgart 1916), German sculptor from Dresden, father of Karl Donndorf (Wikipedia).
Ernst Rietschel (Pulsnitz 1804 - Dresden 1861), German sculptor - see also his memorial in Dresden (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Stadt- und Reiseführer für Dresden und Umland, Landeshauptstadt Dresden.
Dresden Bilder, Denkmäler.
Wikipedia, Lutherdenkmal.

Location (N 51°3'5" - E 13°44'27")

Item Code: desn022; Photograph: 21 January 2011
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