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.)
173×126 mm
Handbooks:
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