Eisleben, Germany

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Eisleben, Germany

Busts of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon in Andreaskirche (St Andreas Church), Eisleben. These were commissioned in 1817, the 300th anniversary of the Reformation, from the great Berlin Neoclassical sculptor Johann Gottfried Schadow. He used contemporary painted portraits of the reformers by Lucas Cranach as his models. Photo © photomaven.

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Eisleben City Guide
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