The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure in three-quarter profile, facing left, against a light blue background. Melanchthon holds a scroll in his left hand and a fold from his coat in his right hand. His coat is black and has wide sleeves. The collar of a white shirt
The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure in three-quarter profile, facing left, against a light blue background. Melanchthon holds a scroll in his left hand and a fold from his coat in his right hand. His coat is black and has wide sleeves. The collar of a white shirt is visible at the neckline. His short curly blond hair doesn't fall over his high forehead. He has short sideburns and a moustache.
[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]
- Attribution
- Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013] |
- Production date
- 1800-1899
Production date
| 1800-1899 | 19th century [Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 30.1 x 0.9 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 30.1 x 0.9 cm
[cda 2013]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia right above the sitter's shoulder: winged serpent, the letter 'L' underneath (neither are genuine)
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia right above the sitter's shoulder: winged serpent, the letter 'L' underneath (neither are genuine)
- Inscriptions and Labels
left above sitter's shoulder: 'L'
in top right corner: 'PHILIPPVS MELANCHTHON.'
[cda 2013] Reverse of the panel: - …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
left above sitter's shoulder: 'L'
in top right corner: 'PHILIPPVS MELANCHTHON.'
[cda 2013]
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - in the upper section:
in white paint: '354'
- centre:
in yellow paint: 'H.'
- bottom right:
in red paint: 'M85'
[Görres, cda 2013]
- Owner
- Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
- Repository
- Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
- Location
- Eisenach
- CDA ID
- DE_WSE_M0085
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M0085/
