Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Title

[cda 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2013]

The portrait depicts Philipp Melanchthon as a full-length figure, facing left against a grey-blue background. He wears a black gown and holds a book in his left hand.

[Görres, cda 2013]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Younger and workshop
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger and workshop	[cda 2013]
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Gurlitt 1923, 108]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Dehio 1905, 166]

Production dates: about 1570 - 1580
1600 - 1699

Production dates

about 1570 - 1580	[cda 2013]
1600 - 1699	"17th century" [Gurlitt 1923, 108]

Dimensions: Dimensions of painted surface: 216 x 95.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of painted surface: 216 x 95.5 cm
Dimensions including frame: 236 x 114.5 cm
[cda 2013]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Ev.-Luth. Kirchgemeinde St. Nikolai, Weistropp-Constappel
Repository: Dom zu Meißen
Location: Meissen

CDA ID: DE_NWC-DM_NONE-DM011
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_NWC-DM_NONE-DM011/

Connected Works

Provenance

from the church of St. Nikolai in Weistropp-Constappel and is supposedly a gift from Lord Zinzendorf on Gauernitz to the patron church

[Hochstift Meißen, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Gurlitt 1923

108

Author	Cornelius Gurlitt
Title	Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler in Sachsen. Amtshauptmannschaft Meißen-Land
Series	Beschreibende Darstellung der älteren Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler in Sachsen
Volume	41
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1923

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Dehio 1905

166

Author	Georg Dehio
Title	Handbuch der Deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Band I: Mitteldeutschland
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1905

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Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, about 1570 - 1580

Images

Technical studies

07. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

photographed by Ingo Sandner
photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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