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BRA0255

Title

Subject

Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497–1560 - Portrait

Description

A friend of Dürer’s since 1518, Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) was Germany’s leading scholar of biblical languages and Luther’s most important colleague in the promotion of his theological reforms. In 1526, the great Wittenberg reformer was living in Nuremberg at the home of Dürer’s friend, Wilibald Pirckheimer. He sat for a portrait drawing that Dürer converted into this engraving, the earliest of all known portraits of Melanchthon.

Creator

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528.

Source

BRA0255. Albrecht Dürer. Philipp Melanchthon. Engraving. Nuremberg, 1526.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Reformation

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Engraving print

Collection

Books and Prints by Albrecht Durer

Citation

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471–1528., “BRA0255,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed May 24, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1853.