Albrecht Dürer

1471–1528
Germany

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PHILIP MELANCHTHON

1526

Monogram and date 1526

Inscription:

Viventis potuit durerius ora philippi Mentem non potuit pingere docta manus AD (Dürer could paint the features of Philip from life, but his skilled hand could not paint his mind A. D.)

Copperplate engraving

173×126 mm

Impression in the Museum collections

Between 1526 and 1528

Watermark:
a small jug

Provenance:

N. Mosolov’s collection;
N. Basnin’s collection;
Rumyantsev Museum since 1918;
in the Museum since 1924

Inv. Г-5229

Comments:

the impression is dated by watermark (М. 104, а)

Other impressions in the Museum collections:

1) Inv. Г-2188, on paper with the same watermark as on Inv. Г-5229; it is one of the early impressions;

2) Inv. Г-2189, on paper without watermarks, grey, thin, the plate is scratched; it was made in the second half of the 16th century

Plate:

Gotha. Friedenstein Castle