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title: Philip Melanchthon
author: Lucas Cranach the Younger
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/14844/philip-melanchthon/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Philip Melanchthon
_Authored by Lucas Cranach the Younger_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/14844.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Philip Melanchthon](https://www.worldhistory.org/Philip_Melanchthon/) (1497-1560), German theologian and prominent figure of the [Protestant Reformation](https://www.worldhistory.org/Protestant_Reformation/), print by Lucas Cranach the Younger, c. 1561.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Younger, L. C. t. (2021, November 11). Philip Melanchthon. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Younger, Lucas Cranach the. "Philip Melanchthon." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 11, 2021. .
### MLA
Younger, Lucas Cranach the. "Philip Melanchthon." *World History Encyclopedia*, 11 Nov 2021, .
## License & Copyright
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