Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

Title

Philipp Melanchthon

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

This half-length portrait depicts the reformer and friend of Luther in old age, standing behind a balustrade and holding a scroll in his right hand.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2015]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

Production dates
after 1560
about 1545

Production dates

after 1560

[cda 2015]

about 1545

[http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 41.5 x 29 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 41.5 x 29 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 62 x 47.5 x 7 cm

  • [http://service.uni-leipzig.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus; 03.2015]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
Repository
Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig
Location
Leipzig
CDA ID
DE_KSUL_0035-90
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0035-90/

Connected Works

Martin Luther
  • Martin Luther, after 1560
  • DE_KSUL_0034-90
  • Painting
  • Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig

Provenance

  • property of the Department of Philosophy (Rotes Kolleg), Leipzig
    [Kunstsammlung der Universität Leipzig, revised 2015]
  • Philipp Melanchthon, after 1560

Images

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Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared refectography
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DESCRIPTION

(Interpretion is on the basis of a detail)

Tools/Material:

- fluid medium, brush; the initial lines were drawn with a stylus or traced?

Type/Ductus:

- underdrawing (possibly copied or traced)

- thin to broader lines

- hatching-strokes

Function:

- relatively binding for the final painted version; the lines define the main contours and describe essential details within forms as well as facial features; representation of volume with hatching-strokes

Deviations:

- minor corrections were made to forms during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably copied or traced from a pre-existing design

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Conservation History

  • treated between 1982 and 1996

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'Philipp Melanchthon', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0035-90/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'Philipp Melanchthon', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSUL_0035-90/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

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