File:Philipp-Melanchthon-1537.jpg
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Summary
Lucas Cranach the Elder: Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon
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| Title |
German: Bildnis des Reformators Philipp Melanchthon Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
Deutsch: Philipp Melanchthon (eigentlich Schwarzerd/Schwartzerdt), Humanist, Theologe, Reformator und "Praeceptor Germania, Professor für griechische Sprache in Wittenberg, Autor, Freund und enger Mitarbeiter Luthers und auch des Erasmus |
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| Depicted people | Philipp Melanchthon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1537 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on beech wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 35.9 cm (14.1 in); width: 23.3 cm (9.1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
940 |
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| Inscriptions |
Text bottom center:
Artist's insignia bottom right: winged serpent with dropped wings and date "M D XXXVII" (within inscription)"EFFIGIES PHIL: MELANCHTHONIS . ANN . AET . XXX CZ LVCA CRONACHIO PICTORE . . M . D XXXVII ." |
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| Notes | Friedländer, Rosenberg (1978) Nr.: - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, digitale Sammlung Cranach Digital Archive RKDimages, Art-work number 250125 |
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| Source/Photographer |
1. Unknown source 2. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 3. Google Arts & Culture |
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