Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Title

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 87-88]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 87-88]

Portrait of the reformer against a grey background, a curtain is inferred in the top right corner. Melanchthon looks to the left, he wears a black cloak. His brown hair is thinning and he has a grey beard. He holds a closed book in his hands.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions: Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger	[?, Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 49] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 87-88]
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Heydenreich, cda 2012]

Production dates: 1564 or later
1564

Production dates

1564 or later	[cda 2013]
1564	[Exhib. Cat. Wrocław 2017, no. 49] [Cat. Warsaw 2000, 87-88]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 86.5 x 66 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 86.5 x 66 cm
[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 87-88]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia top left: winged serpent and date '1564'.

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia top left: winged serpent and date '1564'.
[Görres, cda 2012]

Inscriptions and Labels

bottom: 'REVERENDVS VIR D. PHILIPPVS MELANTHON NATVS EST ANO M.CCCC.XC.VII. XIIII
CAL: MAR: POST HORAM VII POMERIDIANAM IN OPPIDO …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- bottom:
'REVERENDVS VIR D. PHILIPPVS MELANTHON NATVS EST ANO M.CCCC.XC.VII. XIIII
CAL: MAR: POST HORAM VII POMERIDIANAM IN OPPIDO PALADINATVS BRETTA
IDEM MORTVVS EST WITEBERGAE ANO M.D.LX.XIII CAL: MAII: HORA VII VESPERTINA
ET SEPVLTVS EST WITEBERGAE IN TEMPLO ARCIS¿
[Cat. Warsaw 2000, 87-88]

Owner: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Repository: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Location: Warsaw

CDA ID: PL_MNW_MOb1761
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNW_MOb1761/

Provenance

probably since the aquisition in Wittenberg in the church of St. Elisabeth in Breslau
1942 evacuated to the collecting point at Kamenz
1946 National Museum Warsaw
since January 2012 on a long term loan to the City Museum of Wroclaw - Historical Museum
[National Museum Warsaw, revised 2012]

Exhibitions

Wrocław 2017, no. 49

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017

203

049

Fig. p. 203

Editor	Ewa Houszka, Marek Pierzchala
Title	Moda na Cranacha, Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu, 31.10.2017-30.12.2017
Place of Publication	Wroclaw
Year of Publication	2017

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Cat. Warsaw 2000

87-88

Author	Bozena Steinborn, Antoni Ziemba
Title	Malarstwo Niemieckie Do 1600 Roku, Katalog Zbiorów. Deutsche Malerei bis 1600, Bestandskatalog
Place of Publication	Warsaw
Year of Publication	2000

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Burgemeister, Grundmann 1933

138

Author	L. Burgemeister, Günther Grundmann
Title	Kunstdenkmäler der Stadt Breslau
Volume	2
Place of Publication	Breslau
Year of Publication	1933

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Research History / Discussion

Until the Second World War there was a further portrait of Melanchthon (copy ?) on loan from Mr. Dziewulski of Warsaw in the Nationalmuseum. This did not bear an inscription but Philipp Melanchthon's emblem had been added in the top right corner.

[friendly communication by Hanna Benesz, Nationalmuseum Warsaw, September 2012]

Connected Works

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, 1564 or later

Images

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