2-700-906 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Life of Martin Luther and Heroes of the Reformation!, pub. 1874 (colour lithograph). Martin Luther (1483 - 1546); shows Luther burning a Papal Bull (Exsurge Domine) issued by Pope Leo X, at Wittenburg on 10th December, 1520; other notable people shown include: Jan Hus or John Huss (1369 - 1415); Girolamo Savonarola (1452 ? 1498); John Wycliffe (1320 - 1384); Caspar Cruciger, the Elder (1504 - 1548); Philip Melanchton (1497 - 1560); Johannes Bugenhagen (1485 - 1558); Gustav Adolf (1594 - 1632); Bernhard, Duke of Saxe-Weima (1604 - 1639).