DÜRER Albrecht (Nüremberg 1471 † 1528) - "Portrait of Philippe Mélanchton". 1526. Original burin. Proof on laid paper. Signed with the monogram and date in the tablet. Ref: Bartsch, n°105. Hollstein, no. 104. Meder, no. 104. In 1525 Melanchthon worked in Nuremberg to found a new secular school in the name of the city council. During his stay in the city he stayed with Willibald Pirckheimer, who was Dürer's closest friend, and the two undoubtedly met either through the host or through other members of the city's humanist circle. A portrait of Melanchthon was probably made at this time and formed the basis of this engraving created in 1526. 16.7 x 12.8 cm. State A (Cut inside the copperplate mark and small printing folds).