Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

Title

Philipp Melanchthon

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure in three-quarter profile, facing left, against a light blue background. Melanchthon holds a scroll in his left hand and a fold from his coat in his right hand. His coat is black and has wide sleeves. The collar of a white shirt

The sitter is depicted as a half-length figure in three-quarter profile, facing left, against a light blue background. Melanchthon holds a scroll in his left hand and a fold from his coat in his right hand. His coat is black and has wide sleeves. The collar of a white shirt is visible at the neckline. His short curly blond hair doesn't fall over his high forehead. He has short sideburns and a moustache.

[Wartburg-Stiftung, revised 2013]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Production date
1800-1899

Production date

1800-1899

19th century [Wartburg-Stiftung revised 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 30.1 x 0.9 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 40.5 x 30.1 x 0.9 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia right above the sitter's shoulder: winged serpent, the letter 'L' underneath (neither are genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia right above the sitter's shoulder: winged serpent, the letter 'L' underneath (neither are genuine)

Inscriptions and Labels

left above sitter's shoulder: 'L'
in top right corner: 'PHILIPPVS MELANCHTHON.'
[cda 2013] Reverse of the panel: - …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • left above sitter's shoulder: 'L'

  • in top right corner: 'PHILIPPVS MELANCHTHON.'

  • [cda 2013]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - in the upper section:

  • in white paint: '354'

    • centre:

  • in yellow paint: 'H.'

    • bottom right:

  • in red paint: 'M85'

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Owner
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Repository
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Location
Eisenach
CDA ID
DE_WSE_M0085
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M0085/

Connected Works

Martin Luther
  • Martin Luther, 1800-1899
  • DE_WSE_M0084
  • Painting
  • Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach

Provenance

  • no information available

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Eisenach 2015 119 48 Fig. p. 119
EditorGünter Schuchardt
TitleCranach, Luther und die Bildnisse. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung auf der Wartburg, 2. April bis 19. Juli 2015
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2015
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  • Philipp Melanchthon, 1800-1899

Images

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Technical studies

02. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

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