The narrow pictorial space and the closeness of the green curtain with the acidic yellow raking light doesn't leave him [Johann Friedrich] much scope. The embroidery on the doublet, the summary execution of the brown fur, the gold chains and the numerous rings illustrate his royal class, his gaze seeks
The narrow pictorial space and the closeness of the green curtain with the acidic yellow raking light doesn't leave him [Johann Friedrich] much scope. The embroidery on the doublet, the summary execution of the brown fur, the gold chains and the numerous rings illustrate his royal class, his gaze seeks allies and loyal subjects. [...] On this portrait the disfiguring scar on his face was considered disturbing and overpainted, but it is still visible.
[Löcher, in Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 83]
- Attribution
- Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 83] |
- Production dates
- after 1551
about 1550 - 1555
Production dates
after 1551 | [Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 83] |
about 1550 - 1555 | [Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 184] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 38 x 27 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 38 x 27 cm
[Cat. Schwäbisch Hall 2009, 83]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
- there is a label attached to the reverse with the inv. no. 19 from the collection in Schloss Hüfingen.
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
- there is a label attached to the reverse with the inv. no. 19 from the collection in Schloss Hüfingen.
[Cat. Donaueschingen 1990, 184]
- Owner
- Sammlung Würth
- Repository
- Sammlung Würth
- Location
- Schwäbisch Hall
- CDA ID
- DE_SWK_6549
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SWK_6549/
- there is a label attached to the reverse with the inv. no. 19 from the collection in Schloss Hüfingen.