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Lucas Cranach the Younger

Philip Melanchthon, 1561

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Medium

woodcut on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 25 x 15.2 cm (9 13/16 x 6 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein 48a

Accession Number

2009.16.2

Artists / Makers

Lucas Cranach the Younger (artist) German, 1515 - 1586

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Inscription

by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: c16853 / Luca Cranach / Bartsch No. 153 / 34783

Provenance

Alfred Morrison [1821-1897], London (Lugt 151). Unidentified private collector (not in Lugt). (August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2008 by NGA.

Associated Names

Laube, August
Morrison, Alfred

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: 48a.

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