Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Title

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

[CDA 2010]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

A half-length portrait of Philipp Melanchthon depicted against a blue backround facing to the left with his arms folded.

On the reverse of the panel strips of paper bearing a Latin text are attached to both the top and the bottom. A laurel wreath with a red coat-of-arms in the

A half-length portrait of Philipp Melanchthon depicted against a blue backround facing to the left with his arms folded.

On the reverse of the panel strips of paper bearing a Latin text are attached to both the top and the bottom. A laurel wreath with a red coat-of-arms in the centre was painted in the middle of the panel on a dark ground. The coat-of-arms depicts a golden snake wound around the cross.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attributions
Hans Cranach
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Hans Cranach

Hans Cranach (?) [Heydenreich 2015, 123]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19.8 x 14.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 19.8 x 14.2 cm

  • Dimensions of the painted surface: 19.3 x 13.6 cm

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

Above the sitter's proper right shoulder: dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

  • Above the sitter's proper right shoulder: dated '1532'

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top and bottom:
broad strip of paper with a handwritten Latin text

[Gemäldegalerie, revised …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top and bottom:

  • broad strip of paper with a handwritten Latin text

  • [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Owner
Union Evangelischer Kirchen (UEK)
Repository
Evangelisches Predigerseminar, Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_UEK-smbGG_Dep27
FR (1978) Nr.
FR314-315C
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_UEK-smbGG_Dep27/

Connected Works

Martin Luther
  • Martin Luther, 1532
  • DE_UEK-smbGG_Dep26
  • Painting
  • Union Evangelischer Kirchen (UEK)

Provenance

  • originally from the Church of St Elizabeth, Breslau
  • 08.03.1983 given on permanent loan to the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 154 under No. 34
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
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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Heydenreich 2015 122-124 Figs. 5a, 6
AuthorGunnar Heydenreich
TitleHans Cranach. Auf der Suche nach seinem verlorenen Oeuvre
Publicationin Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2015
Link https://lucascranach.org/application/files/5415/6232/3883/Heydenreich_2015_-_Hans_Cranach.pdf
Pages116 -127
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 131 No. 315C
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Lilienfein 1942 59
AuthorHeinrich Lilienfein
TitleLukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1942
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 252
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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  • Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, 1532

Images

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Technical studies

09.09.2019 - Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

2010Technical Examination

  • reverse

Ground and Imprimatura

- the reverse of the panel has a green ground application

  • written by Christine Unsinn

11. 1982 - 1983Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • irr
  • irr

DESCRIPTION (based on an IR photograph)

- An underdrawing is not readily visible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2017]

  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

11. 1982 - Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • UV-light photography
  • uv_light
  • photographed by Fotowerkstatt, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

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