Hans_Holbein_the_Younger_-_Philipp_Melanchthon_(Lower_Saxony_State_Museum).JPG
Summary
Hans Holbein the Younger : Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | portrait | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was a theologian and one of the leaders of the German Reformation. It is unlikely Holbein ever met him; and he may have based this portrait on pictures by
Cranach
or
Dürer
(Buck, p. 71). Holbein also painted a
decorative lid
for this small painting.
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Depicted people | Philipp Melanchthon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | circa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | oil on oak panel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
diameter: 9 cm (3.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2386,+9U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q314082
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Inscriptions |
Caption center:
QVI CERNIS TANTVM NON, VIVA MELANTHONIS ORA. / HOLBEINVS RARA DEXTERITATE DEDIT
[You view the features of Melanchthon as if they were almost alive / Holbein created them with the utmost skill]
on the lid |
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References |
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Source/Photographer | http://www.mystudios.com/art/northern/holbein/holbein-philipp.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
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Licensing
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