Philip Melanchthon, 1540. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever.

Philip Melanchthon, 1540. Creator: Heinrich Aldegrever.

3-016-011 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Philip Melanchthon, 1540. Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560) was a leading figure of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. His importance for the Reformation lay in the fact that he systematised Martin Luther's ideas, defended them in public, and made them the basis of a religious education.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Heinrich Aldegrever, attributed to: German: Artist, designer, goldsmith
After
  1. Lucas Cranach the Elder: German: Artist, painter, draughtsman, printmaker
Subject
  1. Philipp Melanchthon: German: Theologian, protestant reformer, intellectual
People Related
  1. Martin Luther: German: Priest, scholar

Medium
  1. Engraving

Picture Type
  1. Portrait

Category Hierarchy

Artistic Representations Portraits


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3654x4960
File Size : 53,098kb


Aliases

  1. 44684
  1. 1971-0048-1
  1. 1160000107
  1. 3-016-011
  1. 3016011
  1. 44684

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