Compliant with the male priority of rank Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous occupies more of the pictorial space than his wife and is represented by Cranach supporting himself in the left corner [...]. The visible brushstrokes show that like in many Cranach portraits the blue background was painted around the contours
Compliant with the male priority of rank Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous occupies more of the pictorial space than his wife and is represented by Cranach supporting himself in the left corner [...]. The visible brushstrokes show that like in many Cranach portraits the blue background was painted around the contours of the figure.
[Sebastian Dohe, in Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015, 258]
- Attributions
-
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 2015, No. 87] [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 26] |
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop | [cda 2018] |
- Production date
- 1535
Production date
1535 | [pendant dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 19.8 x 13.8 cm [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 26]
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19.8 x 13.8 cm [Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994, 26]
Dimensions of painted surface: 19.8 x 13.8 cm [cda 2010]
Dimensions including frame: 23.5 x 17.4 x 1.4 cm [cda 2010]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the frame: - bottom right:
paper label with handwritten entry in blue ink: '52/13'
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the frame: - bottom right:
paper label with handwritten entry in blue ink: '52/13'
- Owner
- Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
- Repository
- Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
- Location
- Gotha
- CDA ID
- DE_SMG_SG13
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMG_SG13/