Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Title

[CDA 2010]

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]
[Klein, Report 1997]

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.' [Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010] [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/

Provenance

1821 acquired with the Solly Collection
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Exhibitions

Berlin 1937, 36, No. 93
Montreal 1967, 382, No. 182
Weltausstellung, Osaka 1970

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Berlin 1996 .

Fig. 84

Author	Rainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1996

Klein 1994 A .

198

Tab. 5

Author	Peter Klein
Title	Lucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds.,Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	194-200

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 .

131

No. 315F

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Exhib. Cat. Montreal 1967 .

382

No. 182

Editor	La Galerie Nationale de Canada
Title	Man and his World, International Fine Arts Exhibition, Expo 67
Place of Publication	Montreal
Year of Publication	1967

Lilienfein 1942 .

Author	Heinrich Lilienfein
Title	Lukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of Publication	Bielefeld
Year of Publication	1942

Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 .

093

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 .

252

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

Cat. Berlin 1931 .

611

No. 617

Editor	Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin, Irene Kunze
Title	Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Gemälde im Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum und Deutschen Museum
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1931

Cat. Berlin 1830 .

144

No. 62

Author	Gustav Friedrich Waagen
Editor	Königliches Museum, Berlin
Title	Verzeichniß der Gemälde-Sammlung des Königlichen Museums zu Berlin
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1830

Connected Works

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, about 1540

Images

Documents

DE_smbGG_619_FR314-315F_1997_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Light microscopy
Dendrochronology

Support

- beech wood

- the rebate has been preserved on all four sides

According to the most recent examinations carried out by Dr. Peter Klein the wood is from the same tree as that of the following paintings:

Lucretia, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 1832, [DE_smbGG_1832_FR239]

Philipp Melanchthon, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 619, [DE_smbGG_619_FR314-315F]

Friedrich the Wise, New York 46.179.1

An Ill-matched Pair, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, 1606, [DE_smbGG_1606_FR-none]

Portrait of a Man, KAC. 31.112, [US_NAMAKC_31-112_FR415]

Christ as the Man of Sorrows, Bremen Roseliushaus, B56, [DE_KBSB_B56_FR381F]

Christ Taking Leave of the Apostles, Stockholm Nationalmuseum, NM 254 (Planks II+III)

Eve, Chicago, 1935.295

Duke Johann Ernst von Sachsen, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, II 55, [DE_smbGG_55-2_FR-none]

The Electors of Saxony, Hamburger Kunsthalle (right and left wings), 606, [DE_HKH_HK-606a_FR338] and[DE_HKH_HK-606c_FR338]

Martin Luther, DON, 727

Ground and Imprimatura

- a barbe along the edge of the painted surface has been preserved on all four sides

written by Christine Unsinn

17.02.1997Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_smbGG_619_FR314-315F_1997_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1531

[Klein Report, 17.02.1997]

analysed by Peter Klein

X-radiography

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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