Keywords: Hans Holbein the Younger - Philipp Melanchthon (Lower Saxony State Museum).JPG thumb 75px Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon Oil and tempera on oak diameter 9 cm Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover Philipp Melanchthon 1497 “1560 was a theologian and one of the leaders of the German Reformation It is unlikely Holbein ever met him; and he may have based this portrait on pictures by Cranach or Dürer Buck p 71 Holbein also painted a decorative lid for this small painting 1535 http //www mystudios com/art/northern/holbein/holbein-philipp html Creator Hans Holbein d J other versions PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Philipp Melanchthon by Hans Holbein der Jüngere miniature |