Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

Title

[cda 2018]

Painting on wood

Painting on wood

[Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018]

Posthumous pendant portraits of the reformers Martin Luther (1483-1546) and Philipp Melanchthon (1497-1560)

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018]

1561	[dated]
about 1575-1599	'koniec XVI wieku' (End of 16th century) [Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia right edge: winged serpent with dropped wings, in dark paint and dated '1561'

Artist's insignia right edge: winged serpent with dropped wings, in dark paint and dated '1561'

Inscriptions and Labels: at the bottom edge and in the open book (Letter to the Romans, X)

Entry with author: <author's name>, 'Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNK_XII-a-554/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author: 'Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNK_XII-a-554/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})