Philipp Melanchthon

Philipp Melanchthon

Title

Philipp Melanchthon

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2020]

This portrait of Philipp Melanchthon corresponds with a type that evolved in 1532 and was subsequently reproduced numerous times. Further examples of the same format are preserved in Berlin, Dresden, Regensburg and Munich. It shows the scholar and reformer in three-quarter profile against a monochrome blue background facing left. He

This portrait of Philipp Melanchthon corresponds with a type that evolved in 1532 and was subsequently reproduced numerous times. Further examples of the same format are preserved in Berlin, Dresden, Regensburg and Munich. It shows the scholar and reformer in three-quarter profile against a monochrome blue background facing left. He is wearing a black gown and his hands are folded in his lap.

[cda 2020]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2020]

Production date
about 1532

Production date

about 1532

[cda 2020]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 18.5 x 14.8 x 0.2 cm (thinned)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 18.5 x 14.8 x 0.2 cm (thinned)

Signature / Dating

none

Inscriptions and Labels

none on the reverse: - on the right hand vertical member at the bottom,
circular paper label: 'MAGNIAC …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • none

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • on the reverse: - on the right hand vertical member at the bottom,

  • circular paper label: 'MAGNIAC COLLECTION' (printed) and '29' (handwritten in ink)

  • [cda 2020]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P326
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P326/
  • Philipp Melanchthon, about 1532

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Technical studies

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Support

See German version.

  • Bearbeiter/in Wibke Ottweiler

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