Live Auction 7307Christie's Interiors
Charles Allen Duval (1808-1872)
Lot 289

Charles Allen Duval (1808-1872)

Martin Luther burning the Papal Bulls

Closed6 November 2012

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GBP 1,125

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Charles Allen Duval (1808-1872)
Martin Luther burning the Papal Bulls
oil on panel
12 x 18 in. (30.5 x 45.7 cm.)

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Charles Allen Duval painted portraits and historical genre paintings which were popular in the Victorian era. The present work depicts Martin Luther burning the Papal Bull, which threatened him with excommunication from the Church, at Wittenburg in December 1520.