November 6, 2013
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It is with great pleasure that I present an almost complete set of Abbildung des Papsttums (1545, Representation of the Papacy), a series of antipapal caricatures by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
These were published in conjunction with the protestant "Against the Papacy at Rome, Founded by the Devil" pamphlet by Martin Luther.
The Catholic Encyclopedia mentions that they are "the coarsest drawings that the history of caricature of all times has ever produced."
Martin Luther's anti-Semitic and antipapal pamphlets
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