Keywords: Painted Lid of Portrait Miniature of Philipp Melanchthon, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg 9 cm diameter Lower Saxony State Museum Hanover thumb 75px Holbein painted this ornamental lid for his small roundel portrait of the theologian Philipp Melanchthon right The inscription translates You who view the features of Melanchthon as if they were almost alive Holbein created them with the utmost skill Reference Stephanie Buck Hans Holbein Cologne Könemann 1999 ISBN 3829025831 p 71 Susan Foister Holbein in England London Tate 2006 ISBN 1854376454 Creator Hans Holbein d J c 1535 PD-old-100 Reverses of paintings Philipp Melanchthon by Hans Holbein der Jüngere miniature lid |