Portrait of Phillip Melanchthon, seated small half length, in black costume
bears the winged serpent device and date '1533' (centre right)
oil on panel
8 x 6 1/8in. (20.2 x 15.6cm.)
Lot Essay
The original, with its pendant portrait of Luther, is in the Gemäldegalerie, Dresden, (M. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, London, 1978, p. 130, no. 314-5, illustrated).