A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott), illustration #29 from Timotheus Klein's Martin Luther (Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt Verlag, 1920-21) / Lovis Corinth
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- Accession Number
- 2007/2.108
- Title
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott), illustration #29 from Timotheus Klein's Martin Luther (Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt Verlag, 1920-21)
- Artist
- Lovis Corinth
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Artist Life Dates
- 1858 - 1925
- Medium and Support
- lithograph on handmade beige paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1920
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Bavaria (state)
- Upper Bavaria
- Walchensee
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Bavaria (state)
- Creation Place 4
- Upper Bavaria
- Creation Place 5
- Walchensee
- Style/Group/Movement
- German Expressionism
- Dimensions
- 32.07 cm x 24.77 cm (12 5/8 in. x 9 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- life drawing
- Physical Description
- An approaching army in the foreground, with pikes or lances held in fists. A mounted soldier in the background carries a lance. At the top of the image is the phrase, left to right: "EINE feste Burg ist unser GOTT" — the first line to Martin Luther's hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."
- Subject Matter
- A depiction of the wars that resulted from Martin Luther's Reformation - specifically, an army marching to battle under the banner of Martin Luther's most famous hymn, "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2432 x 3134
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2007/2.108
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"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott), illustration #29 from Timotheus Klein's Martin Luther (Berlin: Fritz Gurlitt Verlag, 1920-21); Lovis Corinth." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2007-sl-2.108/2007_2_108.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 28, 2024.