Prince-Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony

Prince-Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony

Titles

Prince-Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony

[CDA 2011]

Portrait of the Prince-Elector Johann Friedrich

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

A portrait of Johann Friedrich of Saxony as prince-elector painted on the occasion of his engagement to Sibylle von Cleve. He wears both rings on a chain around his neck and is dressed in a sumptuous red robe and a fur-trimmed cloak. His hands are folded and the background is

A portrait of Johann Friedrich of Saxony as prince-elector painted on the occasion of his engagement to Sibylle von Cleve. He wears both rings on a chain around his neck and is dressed in a sumptuous red robe and a fur-trimmed cloak. His hands are folded and the background is dark.

[cda 2015]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, 149] [Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 434] [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

Production date
1526

Production date

1526

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 56 x 38 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 56 x 38 cm

  • [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia right beside the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1526'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia right beside the shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing left and dated '1526'

  • [CDA 2010]

Inscriptions and Labels

The letters 'AEN' next to the right temple, interpreted as 'ALS IN EREN' by W. Schade (Letter from …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • The letters 'AEN' next to the right temple, interpreted as 'ALS IN EREN' by W. Schade (Letter from 22.03.1984)

  • [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 31]

Owner
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Repository
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Location
Weimar
CDA ID
DE_KSW_G11
FR (1978) Nr.
FR304
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW_G11/

Provenance

  • 1827 auctioned from the collection of H. W. Campe, a salesman from Leipzig
  • 1851 in the possession of Chr. Schuchardts, Weimar, then in ducal possession
  • 1852 donated to the museum collection by Maria Pawlowna (Vermehrungsbuch, 167)

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, Nos. 23, 24
Erfurt 1903, Nos. 154, 155 with Figs.
Berlin 1937, Nos. 60, 61, Plates 54, 55
Weimar, Wittenberg 1953, No. 30
Dresden 1971, Nos.. 111, 112 with Figs.
Weimar 1972, Nos. 25, 26, Figs. p. 56
Berlin 1983, No. C 32, 33 with Figs.
Kleve 1985, 136 f., Plates XI, XII

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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005 434, 435 under No. 35 Fig. 191
EditorHarald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
TitleCranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Grimm 1994 28 Fig. A8
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TitleLucas Cranach 1994
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Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Regensburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages18-43
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Cat. Weimar 1992 30-33 No. 9
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EditorKunstsammlungen zu Weimar
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Place of PublicationFulda
Year of Publication1992
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Exhib. Cat. Kleve 1985 136 f. Plates XI, XII
EditingGuido de Werd
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Year of Publication1985
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1983 Nos. C 32, 33 Figs.
EditorAltes Museum, Berlin
TitleKunst der Reformationzeit
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1983
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 129 No. 304 Fig. 304
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Junghans 1979 Figs. 41, 42
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Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 263
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Volume1, 2
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Year of Publication1974
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Schade 1974 55 Plates 123, 124
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Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
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Ullmann 1974 26
AuthorErnst Ullmann
TitleLucas Cranach der Ältere. Maler und Werk
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1974
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B Nos. 25, 26 Figs. p. 56
EditorSchlossmuseum Weimar
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Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1972
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1971 Nos. 111, 112 with Figs.
EditorStaatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
TitleDeutsche Kunst der Dürerzeit
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1971
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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953 30
AuthorWalther Scheidig
EditorDeutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
TitleLucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of PublicationWeimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication1953
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Lilienfein 1953 B Fig. 15
AuthorH. Lilienfein
TitleMeister Lukas der Maler
JournalVelhagen & Klasings Monatshefte
Issue51. Jg. Sept. 1953
Year of Publication1953
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Lilienfein 1942 Plate II
AuthorHeinrich Lilienfein
TitleLukas Cranach und seine Zeit
Place of PublicationBielefeld
Year of Publication1942
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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937 27 060 Pl. 54
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 243, 244
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
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Posse 1932 73-75
AuthorHans Posse
TitleZwei Bildnisse sächsischer Kurfürsten von Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
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Year of Publication1932
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Glaser 1923 176 f. Fig. p. 231
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Cat. Weimar 1913
EditorWillibald Hermens
TitleKatalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1913
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Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of PublicationWeimar
IssueSixth edition
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EditorKarl Ruland
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Authorn. a.
TitleKatalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of PublicationWeimar
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Authorn. a.
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EditorKunstsammlungen zu Weimar
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Portrait of Princess Sibylle of Cleve
  • Portrait of Princess Sibylle of Cleve, 1526
  • DE_KSW_G12
  • Painting
  • Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
  • Prince-Elector Johann Friedrich of Saxony, 1526

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Technical studies

06.10.2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

Equipment: ERESCO 42 MF 4 from the company GE.

Scanner: CRxFlex.

Parameters: 50 KV, 8mA, 20 seconds

Distance from the object: 3m

[HfBK Dresden, Prof. I. Mohrmann, K. Risse, 06.10.2014]

  • created by I. Mohrmann
  • created by HfBK Dresden
  • created by K. Risse

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Unterzeichnung

- an underdrawing is not visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

1988Technical Examination

Support

- two planks of the same width, horizontally aligned

- the edges of the painted surface have been preserved

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

Observation CDA: planks have different widths

1972Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared photography
  • photographed by J. Fritz
  • photographed by Institut für Denkmalpflege, Berlin

Condition Reports

Date1990

  • joins reinforced with oak wood battens on the reverse (1936)

  • the condition of the painted surface is good

  • old fills and retouching on the nose, on the fur collar and in the background

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

Conservation History

Date1984

conservation treatment

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

  • conservation treatment by H. Müller

Date1936

  • joins reinforced, retouching

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

  • conservation treatment by I. Meyn

Date1867

No information

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 30]

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