After Lucas Cranach I

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After Lucas Cranach I

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).

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