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REPLY1850

PORTRAITS OF LUTHER, ERASMUS, AND ULRIC VON HUTTEN.

By R. G.

I am very much indebted to "S.W.S." for the information which he has supplied (No. 15. p. 232.) relative to ancient wood-cut representations of Luther and Erasmus. As he has mentioned Ulric von Hutten also (for whom I have an especial veneration, on account of his having published Valla's famous *Declamatio* so early as 1517), perhaps he would have the kindness to state which is supposed to be the best wood-cut likeness of this resolute ("Jacta est alea") man. "S.W.S." speaks of a portrait of him which belongs to the year 1523. I have before me another, which forms the title-page of the *Hutte…

Topics: Wood-cut Portraits, Historical Figures, Reformation

Locations: Ebernburg