Caption

Portrait of Philip Melanchthon, Aldegrever, Heinrich ca. 1502–1555 aut. 1561 graphic artist / author, German culture, Renaissance style, Melanchthon, Philip 1497–1560 – iconography, portraits, German graphic art, scholars, male portraits, professors, Reformation, busts, male busts, portraits of scholars, 1540 1st edition, graphic art, graphic print, height 17.1 cm, width 12.4 cm, A worn sheet with an off-white, yellowed surface showing areas of light brown spotting and grey smudging, with a faint darker border around the edges; a few small dark ink marks and stamps are scattered across the middle area, and a round red mark appears near the lower edge; the paper shows creases and slight folds, with subtle variations of beige and light tan throughout and a grey background visible around the sheet.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_099

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68.9Mb (4.2Mb) / 14.1in x 19.0in / 4234 x 5688 (300dpi)

Keywords

Portrait Philip Melanchthon Aldegrever Heinrich ca 1502–1555 aut 1561 graphic artist author German culture Renaissance style Melanchthon Philip 1497–1560 – iconography portraits German graphic art scholars male portraits professors Reformation busts male busts 1540 1st edition graphic art graphic print height 17.1 cm width 12.4 cm worn sheet off-white yellowed surface showing areas light brown spotting grey smudging faint darker border edges small dark ink marks stamps scattered across middle area round red mark near lower edge paper creases slight folds subtle variations beige light tan grey background visible sheet.