1540
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Martin Luther is a 1540 ink by Heinrich Aldegrever, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with a serious expression. He wears a dark cap, a white collar, and a layered robe. His hands rest on the edge of the frame, and his gaze is direct. The background is plain, so the focus stays on his face. The text at the top and bottom is in Latin, likely describing the man. The lines on his face and the shading on his clothes are made by tiny etched lines, not brushstrokes. This is an example of the technique called engraving.
Heinrich Aldegrever or Aldegraf was a German painter and engraver. He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer.
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