Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

Title

Philipp Melanchthon

[Schloss Gotorf, revised 2013]

Painting on hardwood (beech?)

Medium

Painting on hardwood (beech?)

[Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Philipp Melanchthon is depicted as a half-length figure turned slightly to the right. He presents the viewer with an open book, displaying a quotation from Rom 8,31. There is a Latin inscription at the bottom edge of the painting, on the front side of a stone balustrade. There is

Philipp Melanchthon is depicted as a half-length figure turned slightly to the right. He presents the viewer with an open book, displaying a quotation from Rom 8,31. There is a Latin inscription at the bottom edge of the painting, on the front side of a stone balustrade. There is a cast-shadow on the wall behind the sitter.

[Dittmeyer, Schloss Gottorf 2013]

Attribution
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Schloss Gotorf, revised 2013]

Production date
about 1560 - 1570

Production date

about 1560 - 1570

[Schloss Gotorf, revised 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 23 x 17.1 x 0.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 23 x 17.1 x 0.8 cm

  • [Schloss Gotorf, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

on the balustrade:
'ARCVLA DOCTRINA EST TVA MENS DIVINE MELANTHON QUI VOCE ET SCRIPTIS TEMPLA SCHOLASQ; DOCES VNA LVTHERVS …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • on the balustrade:

  • 'ARCVLA DOCTRINA EST TVA MENS DIVINE MELANTHON QUI VOCE ET SCRIPTIS TEMPLA SCHOLASQ; DOCES VNA LVTHERVS ERAT CHRISTI MANVS, VNA PHILIPPVS HIS BENS CONSTRVCTVM EST RELLIGIONIS OPVS QVISQVIS AMAS VERI STVDIVM LEGE SCRIPTA PHILIPPI HIC METHODI NORMAM, IVDICIIQVE DABIT'

Owner
Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig
Repository
Schloss Gottorf, Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Schleswig
Location
Schleswig
CDA ID
DE_SHLM_1990-982
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SHLM_1990-982/

Provenance

  • 1990 entered the collection as a gift from the Sparkassen- und Giroverband Schleswig-Holstein - Foundation

[Schloss Gottorf, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Rhein 2015 47, Fn. 34
AuthorStefan Rhein
TitleLucas Cranach der Jüngere und Philipp Melanchthon. Zu den Spuren einer Wittenberger Beziehung
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Pages42-51
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  • Philipp Melanchthon, about 1560 - 1570

Images

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Technical studies

08. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk or metal point?

Type/Ductus:

- underdrawing with copied lines (traced in the face?)

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

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

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably transferred from a pre-existing design (traced lines)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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