Book Title: Passional Christi und Antichristi

Author: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

Image Title: Contrast in Bearing

Scripture Reference:

• Matthew 27 (further images / scripture text)

Description: While Jesus Christ stumbles under the burden of the cross, the Pope rides in a carriage on the shoulders of his attendants. This woodcut is from the book "Passional Christi und Antichristi" with thirteen scenes contrasting the life of Jesus to that of the Pope. The images are by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553).

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