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Description: | This small panel depicts Philip Melancthon who, with Martin Luther, the subject of the companion painting, was a leading church reformer of the early sixteenth century. Melanchthon was baptised Philip Schwarzerdt, but Graecised his name in devotion to his Greek studies. He became Professor of Greek at Wittenberg in 1520, and there was influenced by Martin Luther, attracted by the latter's radical thinking. During Luther's imprisonment, Melancthon took on leadership of the Reform movement. This portrait, which was probably painted after Melancthon's death in 1550, is a studio copy after a work which Lucas Cranach painted earlier in the century. | Subjects: | Philip) portrait (Melancthon | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cranach, Lucas, the elder (German painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1472-1553) Æ Attributed to studio of Previously attributed to Cranach, Lucas, the elder (German painter, draftsman, and printmaker, 1472-1553) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8552... | Go to resource |
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