Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Title

[CDA 2011]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Half-length portrait in three quarter profile, facing left against a grey (patchy) background. The sitter wears a black overcoat and a red doublet with a white collar, which is visible around the neck. He holds a closed book in his hands.

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Younger
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Heydenreich, CDA 2010]
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder	'Lucas Cranach d. Ä (Schule)' [Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Production date: about 1560 - 1580

Production date

about 1560 - 1580

[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 73.3 x 56.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 73.3 x 56.5 cm
(trimmed along all four edges)
[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: On the stretcher: label with the city coat-of-arms (Baselstab)printed on it, on this 'Unbekannt 16. Jhdt 1015'
printed label …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

On the stretcher: label with the city coat-of-arms (Baselstab)printed on it, on this 'Unbekannt 16. Jhdt 1015'
printed label with the coat-of-arms (Baselstab) and 'KUNSTMUSEUM BASEL [printed], 1943 Nr. 1015 (Herkunft?) Schweiz. Schule Bildnis des Melanchton[sic!] Halbfigur nach links. [handwritten]'
written in red chalk 'A'
Reverse of the canvas:
- bottom left:
printed paper label: '196'
[Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, revised 2011]

Owner: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Repository: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Location: Basel

CDA ID: CH_KMB_1015
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KMB_1015/

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, about 1560 - 1580

Images

Technical studies

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- traced lines; delicate and fine to thin

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- transferred (traced) from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

03. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

UV-light photography

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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