Luther in family

The reformer Martin Luther (1483 - 1546) led a middle-class family life. With his wife Katharina, née von Bora, he had six children (one daughter died in early childhood). Luther was very attached to his children. They often sat together in the evening, played music, sang or even danced. The humanist Philipp Melanchthon (1497 - 1560) also enjoyed spending time with the Luther family. In the scene depicted, the children Hans (born 1526), Magdalena (born 1529), Martin (born 1531) and Paul (born 1533) are singing with fervour, while Luther's wife holds little Margaret (born 1535) on her lap.
The series is engraved after the painting by G.Spangenberg, ca.1870. Source: Wolfgang Landgraf, Martin Luther, Reformer and Rebel
Drawer and engraver: Werner Otto