Philipp Melanchthon is depicted as a half-length figure turned slightly to the right. He presents the viewer with an open book, displaying a quotation from Rom 8,31. There is a Latin inscription at the bottom edge of the painting, on the front side of a stone balustrade. There is
Philipp Melanchthon is depicted as a half-length figure turned slightly to the right. He presents the viewer with an open book, displaying a quotation from Rom 8,31. There is a Latin inscription at the bottom edge of the painting, on the front side of a stone balustrade. There is a cast-shadow on the wall behind the sitter.
[Dittmeyer, Schloss Gottorf 2013]
- Attribution
- Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
| Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Schloss Gotorf, revised 2013] |
- Production date
- about 1560 - 1570
Production date
| about 1560 - 1570 | [Schloss Gotorf, revised 2013] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 23 x 17.1 x 0.8 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 23 x 17.1 x 0.8 cm
[Schloss Gotorf, revised 2013]
- Signature / Dating
none
- Inscriptions and Labels
on the balustrade:
'ARCVLA DOCTRINA EST TVA MENS DIVINE MELANTHON QUI VOCE ET SCRIPTIS TEMPLA SCHOLASQ; DOCES VNA LVTHERVS …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
on the balustrade:
'ARCVLA DOCTRINA EST TVA MENS DIVINE MELANTHON QUI VOCE ET SCRIPTIS TEMPLA SCHOLASQ; DOCES VNA LVTHERVS ERAT CHRISTI MANVS, VNA PHILIPPVS HIS BENS CONSTRVCTVM EST RELLIGIONIS OPVS QVISQVIS AMAS VERI STVDIVM LEGE SCRIPTA PHILIPPI HIC METHODI NORMAM, IVDICIIQVE DABIT'
- Owner
- Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig
- Repository
- Schloss Gottorf, Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Schleswig
- Location
- Schleswig
- CDA ID
- DE_SHLM_1990-982
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SHLM_1990-982/
