Half-length portrait of Philipp Melanchthon (1497 - 1560) depicted without hands and facing left. He wears a black robe and is set against a light blue background.
The reverse was later painted black.
[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]
- Attributions
-
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Johann Lucas Cranach
Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | 'Workshop copy after a painting from 1532.' [Cat. Berlin 1931, 611, No. 617] |
Johann Lucas Cranach | [Schuchardt 1851 A, 23, No. 31] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Waagen, Cat. Berlin 1830, 144, No.62] |
- Production dates
- about 1540
about 1533 - 1540
Production dates
about 1540 | [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010] |
about 1533 - 1540 | [cda 2021] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 37.2 x 23.6 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 37.2 x 23.6 cm
Dimensions including frame: 51 x 37.8 cm
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
- Signature / Dating
- None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- Reverse of the panel: - top centre: label (Solly): 'D N° 3/ 62 Sie 24 / A / L ' - …
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
- Reverse of the panel: - top centre:
- label (Solly): 'D N° 3/ 62 Sie 24 [?]/ A [11]/ L [-9]'
- - centre right:
- remains of an old seal.
- - bottom left:
- label:'Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz/ Gemäldegalerie Berlin/ 619/ Cranach d. Ä. Werkstatt/ Philipp Melanchthon'
- - beneath:
- label: 'Staatliche Museen Berlin - Gemäldegalerie/ Inventar-Nr. I 690/ Katalog-Nr. 619/ Cranach Werkstatt/ Melanchthon'
- Reverse, on the backboard:
- - top centre:
- stamp (branded?): 'Gemäldegalerie Berlin'
- - bottom left:
- label: 'Staatliche Museen Berlin, Museum Dahlem/ Kat. Nr. 619/ Cranach, L. d. Ä. Werkstatt/ Bildnis Melanchtons'
- Reverse of the frame:
- - top and bottom members:
- stamp (branded?):'Gemäldegalerie Berlin'
- - left and right members:
- stamp (branded?): 'Berlin'
- [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
- Owner
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
- Repository
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
- Location
- Berlin
- CDA ID
- DE_smbGG_619
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR314-315F
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_619/