Portrait of Philip Melanchthon, Aldegrever, Heinrich ca. 1502–1555 aut 1561 graphic artist, German, Renaissance; subject: Philip Melanchthon 1497–1560 — iconography, portrait, scholar, male bust/professor; style: German graphic art/graphic print; date: 1540 1st edition; materials/format: graphic art, height 17.1 cm, width 12.4 cm., A monochrome engraved portrait of a man shown from the chest up, facing slightly to the viewer's right, with wavy hair and a short beard, wearing a high-collared garment over a pleated robe; the background is filled with closely spaced horizontal lines, and there is a framed rectangular panel below the portrait containing blocks of ignored text; the overall image shows shades of gray, black, and off-white with fine linework and shading throughout.
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Portrait of Philip Melanchthon, Aldegrever, Heinrich ca. 1502–1555 aut 1561 graphic artist, German, Renaissance; subject: Philip Melanchthon 1497–1560 — iconography, portrait, scholar, male bust/professor; style: German graphic art/graphic print; date: 1540 1st edition; materials/format: graphic art, height 17.1 cm, width 12.4 cm., A monochrome engraved portrait of a man shown from the chest up, facing slightly to the viewer's right, with wavy hair and a short beard, wearing a high-collared garment over a pleated robe; the background is filled with closely spaced horizontal lines, and there is a framed rectangular panel below the portrait containing blocks of ignored text; the overall image shows shades of gray, black, and off-white with fine linework and shading throughout.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A33_098

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Portrait Philip Melanchthon Aldegrever Heinrich ca 1502–1555 aut 1561 graphic artist German Renaissance subject Philip Melanchthon 1497–1560 iconography portrait scholar male bust professor style German graphic art graphic print date 1540 1st edition materials format graphic art height 17.1 cm width 12.4 cm monochrome engraved man shown chest up facing slightly viewer's right wavy hair short beard wearing high-collared garment pleated robe background filled closely spaced horizontal lines framed rectangular panel containing blocks ignored text image shades gray black off-white fine linework shading .

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