Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471-1528)
Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon
Signed by the artist in monogram (lower centre): ‘AD’; inscribed and dated in plaque at bottom of plate: '1526/ VIVENTIS . POTVIT . DVRERIVS . ORA . PHILIPPI / MENTEM . NON . POTVIT . PINGERE . DOCTA / MANVS'
Copper plate
6 ¾ x 4 ⅞ in. (17.3 x 12.6 cm.)
On loan from Foundation Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
Albrecht Dürer (Nuremberg 1471-1528)
Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon
Signed by the artist in monogram (lower centre): ‘AD’; inscribed and dated in plaque at bottom of plate: '1526/ VIVENTIS . POTVIT . DVRERIVS . ORA . PHILIPPI / MENTEM . NON . POTVIT . PINGERE . DOCTA / MANVS'
Copper plate
6 ¾ x 4 ⅞ in. (17.3 x 12.6 cm.)
On loan from Foundation Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
