Lucas Cranach the Elder (and/or studio?)

Portrait of Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)

Lucas Cranach de Oude (en/of atelier?) Portret van Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)
Lucas Cranach de Oude (en/of atelier?) Portret van Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)
Lucas Cranach de Oude (en/of atelier?) Portret van Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)
Lucas Cranach de Oude (en/of atelier?) Portret van Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)
Lucas Cranach de Oude (en/of atelier?) Portret van Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)

Lucas Cranach the Elder (and/or studio?)
Portrait of Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)

Not on view

Bruikleen van het Rijksmuseum. Schenking van der erven van de heer C. Hogendijk, Den Haag
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Details

General information
Artist Lucas Cranach the Elder (Kronach 1472 - 1553 Weimar) (and/or studio?)
Title Portrait of Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)
Object name painting
Inventory number 891
Material and technical details
Technique oil
Material panel
Dimensions 36 x 23 cm
Inscriptions
Signed right of centre: L
above the 'L', with the painter's mark, a crowned snake with wings and a ring in its mouth

Provenance

Bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-2561), 1912; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1951