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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1895,0915.362
Description: Portrait of Philip Melanchthon; head and shoulders in three-quarter profile to right; in his right eye are reflected the lights from a window; tablet with Latin inscription below. 1526 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Albrecht Dürer
School/style: German
Production date: 1526
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 173 millimetres; Width: 127 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For other impressions of this print, see 1868,0822.201; E,2.101; 2AA+,a.71.118; E,3.32 and E,3.33; for comment, see E,3.33. Watermark: small jug (Meder 158).
Bibliographic references: Meder 1932 / Dürer Katalog (104.a); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.112.105); Dodgson 1926 / Albrecht Dürer (102); Schoch 2001-04 / Albrecht Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk. 3 vols I Intaglio, II Woodcuts, III Book illustrations (I.101)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Portrait of: Philipp Melanchthon
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Col John Wingfield Malcolm
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: John Malcolm of Poltalloch (L.1489)
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1895,0915.362
Conservation: Treatment: 16 Jan 1997

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