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. Click here for the PDF.
These were published in conjunction with the "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."
The majority of this type of prints during the religious war between protestants and catholics is by protestants, however, there is the fine example of a catholic counter-attack by the name of 'Luther as the Devil's Bagpipes'.
Needless to say, I find this "coarseness" envigorating and I remember how amused I was when I first read "You should not write a book before you have heard an old sow fart."
More at Martin Luther's anti-Semitic and antipapal pamphlets and protestant satire of catholicism.
In case you would like to purchase the set, it will cost €35,000.
