Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog number |
P06 |
Artist |
Dürer, Albrecht |
Title |
Philipp Melanchthon |
Date |
1526 |
Object Name |
Engraving |
Description |
Engraving by Albrecht Durer (1471 - 1528) titled "Philipp Melanchthon. Viventis. potuit. Durerius. ora. Philippi. Mentem. Non. Potvit. Pengere. Docta. Manus." Albrecht Durer, often called the "Leonardo of the North," was the most prominent and influential German artist of the Renaissance (see wall plaque nearby). Durer's friendships with Philipp Melanchthon and Erasmus of Rotterdam, both free-thinking humanist leaders, show his close contact with religious reform movements of the time. Melanchthon was a great humanist professor at Wittenberg who supported Martin Luther. The main emphasis of his research was on theology, philosophy, and rhetoric. He is shown in a three-quarter profile adorned with a Latin phrase meaning: "1526. Durer was able to draw the features of Philipp from life, but his expert hand could not capture his spirit. A.D." Peter Leeds, in "SCHOLARS, EXPLORERS, PRIESTS, How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World," ex. cat. G -T M, Queens College, CUNY, February 2 - March 27, 2010, 1 |
Medium/Material |
Ink on paper |
Dimensions |
H-6.25 W-5 inches |
Exhibition and Publication History |
* "SCHOLARS, EXPLORERS, PRIESTS, How the Renaissance Gave Us the Modern World," Curated by James M. Saslow, G -T M, Queens College, CUNY, February 2 - March 27, 2010, # 64, ill. Exhibited in GTM: Human Nature Sept 2020- Jan 2021 |
Culture |
German |