Martin Luther and John the Steadfast kneeling in front of Christ on the Cross.

Woodcut 11,9 x 15,3 cm, laid paper, unsigned (sl. toned, trimmed just outside woodblock).

Stuck by upper corners on paper support (with litho of a sheep on verso).

Iconic woodcut of Luther and his patron John Frederick , Elector of Saxony. A great testimony to the Reformation in Germany. Illustration used on the title page to "Der Siebed Teil der bücher des Ehrnwirdigen Herrn Doctoris Mart. Lutheri", published by Thomas Krug in Wittenberg in 1561.
Ref. German Hollstein VI:12.2.