Philipp Melanchthon, 1526

  • Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471-1528

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 6 3/4 inches × 5 inches (17.1 × 12.7 cm)

Gift of John S. Newberry

59.83

Inscribed, in plate, below inscription, lower center:[artist's monogram]

Watermark: Meder 158 Stamp, in blue, verso: [shield with three initials, written in brown ink, left of the shield]

Inscribed, in plate, lower center: 1526 | VIVENTIS. POTVIT. DVRERIVS. ORA. PHILIPPI | MENTEM. NON. POTVIT. PINGERE. DOCTA

John S. Newberry

1959-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Dodgson, C. Albrecht Durer. New York, 1967, no. 102.

Albrecht Dürer, Philipp Melanchthon, 1526, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of John S. Newberry, 59.83.