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  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: The Apostle John sits in a pastoral setting with book in hand and his attribute, the eagle, nearby, as he looks upward at a vision of Jesus in the clouds
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: While Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane, three of the disciples slumber
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Taken from the printing of an early and very popular sermon by Luther on indulgences and grace, this woodcut shows Jesus being taken down from the cross by Mary the mother of Jesus, Joseph of Arimathea, and the Apostle John. This illustration is reminiscent of the “Man of Sorrows” image shown lat...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Taken from a sermon by Martin Luther on the suffering of Christ, this woodcut shows Jesus on the cross with his tomb before him and (perhaps) the Apostle John (or another disciple) kneeling in prayer or worship before him. In the lower right corner is the monogram of Hans Schäufelein (which incor...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: A rendering of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ with Mary and the beloved disciple looking on
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus shares the Passover supper with his disciples. The head of John is laid on Jesus' chest; Judas with the money bag sits across the table
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: John sits with pen in hand and a book before him, an eagle stands nearby and a vision of the Madonna and child appears before him.
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: This woodcut derives from Lucas Cranach, the Elder (1472-1553), and is taken from the last printed leaf of the third Wittenberg printing of On Good Works, one of Luther’s most important early treatises. It shows the Apostle John, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and a group of three sold...
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: Jesus comes to the shore of the Sea of Galilee, where he calls the fishermen Peter, Andrew, James, and John
  • Contributing Institution: Pitts Theology Library
    Description: As Jesus stands surrounded by his disciples, the mother of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, kneels before him with her request that he elevate her sons above the others