Philipp Melanchthon

Title

Philipp Melanchthon

[cda 2020]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Christie's online catalogue, accessed 15.05.2020]

Late half-length portrait of Philipp Melanchthon shown against a neutral background, facing to his right. He is wearing a black fur-trimmed coat and holds a small edition of the bible in his hands.

[cda 2020]

Attributions: Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Handwritten annotation by D. Koepplin on a letter from Christie's, London, 03.03.1998; Koepplin Archive]
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Christie's online catalogue, accessed 15.05.2020]

Production date: after 1553

Production date

after 1553

[cda 2020]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 40.6 x 26.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 40.6 x 26.5 cm
[Christie's online catalogue, accessed 15.05.2020]

Signature / Dating: none

Inscriptions and Labels: Inscription beneath the image: 'DVM SOPHIAE SIMVI ET SACRAE DVM CONSVLIT ARTT // ET SIMVL HAEC DICI GAVDET ET …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Inscription beneath the image:
'DVM SOPHIAE SIMVI ET SACRAE DVM CONSVLIT ARTT // ET SIMVL HAEC DICI GAVDET ET ILLA SVVM. // FATA DEVM MEDIO VENERE IPSVMQVE PHILIPPVM, // DEBERI AETHEREIS EDOCVERE PLAGIS'

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P358
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P358/

Connected Works

Provenance

G.B. Morgan, Blakesmere, Cheshire, by 1938
G. Krech, Germany
Christie's, 5 Nov. 1965, lot 67
sold at Christie's, London, 18.12.1998, lot 98
[Christie's online catalogue, accessed 15.05.2020]

Philipp Melanchthon, after 1553

Images

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