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File:Print, Portrait of Philip Melancthon, 1526 (CH 18386289).jpg

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Albrecht Dürer: Philipp of Melanchthon  wikidata:Q18338490 reasonator:Q18338490
Artist
Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528)  wikidata:Q5580 s:en:Author:Albrecht Dürer q:en:Albrecht Dürer
 
Albrecht Dürer
Alternative names
Albrecht Dürer
Description German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death 21 May 1471 Edit this at Wikidata 6 April 1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Nuremberg Nuremberg
Work period 1484 Edit this at Wikidata–1528 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
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artist QS:P170,Q5580
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Title
Philipp of Melanchthon Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Philipp of Melanchthon Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Philipp of Melanchthon Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lit,"Philipp Melanchthon"
label QS:Lfr,"Philippe Melanchton"
label QS:Luk,"Філіп Меланхтон"
label QS:Lnl,"Portret van Philipp Melanchthon"
label QS:Lel,"Φίλιππος Μελάγχθων"
label QS:Lde,"Philipp Melanchthon"
label QS:Lmk,"Филип Меланхтон"
Object type copper engraving print / print Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A bust portrait of a man, seen almost in profile, facing right.
Depicted people Philipp Melanchthon Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1526
date QS:P571,+1526-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium engraving on laid paper
Dimensions height: 17.3 cm (6.8 in); width: 12.6 cm (4.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,17.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,12.6U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1950-87-8
Place of creation Nuremberg Edit this at Wikidata
Object history 1950: given by Leo Wallerstein
Inscriptions
  • 1526 / Viventis potuit Dvreris Ora Philippi Mentem non Potuit Pingere Docta Manus Edit this at Wikidata
    [Dürer was able to depict the features of the living Philip, but the skilled hand could not portray his mind]
Notes
  • Type: print
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in plate, beneath portrait: VIVENTIS. POTVIT. DVRERIVS. ORA. PHILIPPI [...]
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