Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Title

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

[Klein, Report 2013]
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 132, 5422]
[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

A half-length portrait of Melanchthon facing left against a blue background. He wears a black gown and his hands are clasped.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Production date
about 1533

Production date

about 1533

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 132, No. 5422]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.5 x 14.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20.5 x 14.5 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

  • [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 132, No. 5422]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_5422
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_5422/

Provenance

  • 1799 acquired from the Galerie Zweibrücken
    [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
    [Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 132, No. 5422]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 154 034 (u.)
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 60-61, 132 Nos. 5, 5422 Fig. p. 61
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Research History / Discussion

The pendant to this portrait of Melanchthon could be the portrait of Luther in the Germanische Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg (5417), dated '1533'.

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 60, No. 5]

  • Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, about 1533

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Technical studies

24.11.2013Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

- 1 plank

- earliest date felled 1527; earliest date of production 1529

- examined on the 11.10.2007

[Martin Schawe, Alte Pinakothek München, 26.03.2010]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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