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title: Portrait of Philip Melanchthon
author: Heinrich Aldegrever
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14842/portrait-of-philip-melanchthon/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
---
# Portrait of Philip Melanchthon
_Authored by Heinrich Aldegrever_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14842.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Philip Melanchthon](https://www.worldhistory.org/Philip_Melanchthon/) (1497-1560), German Lutheran reformer, engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever, 1540.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Aldegrever, H. (2021, November 11). Portrait of Philip Melanchthon. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Aldegrever, Heinrich. "Portrait of Philip Melanchthon." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 11, 2021. .
### MLA
Aldegrever, Heinrich. "Portrait of Philip Melanchthon." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 Nov 2021, .
## License & Copyright
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