Portrait medaillon of Friedrich the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

A half-length portrait of Friedrich the Wise shown in three-quarter profile facing right against a green background. The elector wears a black beret and a fur-trimmed coat and has a greyish-black beard.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Albrecht Dürer

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]
Albrecht Dürer	From the collection of the Margrave of Baden-Durlach, presumably the same painting as that in the collection of the Markgräfler Hofes zu Basel in 1688 with the inventory No.64: 'Eines andern Churfürsten aus Sachsen Conterfät von A. Dürer' (Another portrait of an elector from Saxony by A. Dürer) [Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Production date: 1525

Production date

1525

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 12.9 cm (diameter)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 12.9 cm (diameter)
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia centre, left: winged serpent und date '1525', in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia centre, left: winged serpent und date '1525', in yellow paint
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Owner: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Repository: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Location: Karlsruhe

CDA ID: DE_SKK_0120
FR (1978) Nr.: FR179D
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0120/

Connected Works

Provenance

from the collection of the Margrave of Baden-Durlach. It is probably the same painting, which was recorded in the inventory of the Margrave Hofes from Basel in 1688, No. 63:"Eines andern Churfürsten aus Sachsen Conterfät von A. Dürer" (another elector from Saxony Portrait by A. Dürer)
assured record in the Basel inventory from 1773, No. 51

[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 90]

Exhibitions

Basel 1974, Nro 183
Torgau 2004, 195-96
Coburg 2010, 149-50, No. 1.1.18

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Coburg 2010

149-150

No. 1.1.17

Fig. 1.1.17

Editor	LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Klaus Weschenfelder, Beate Böckum, Ruth Hansmann, Matthias Müller
Title	Apelles am Fürstenhof, Facetten der Hofkunst um 1500 im Alten Reich
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2010

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Exhib. Cat. Torgau 2004

195-196

Editor	Harald Marx, Eckhard Kluth, Cecilie Hollberg
Title	Glaube und Macht. Sachsen im Europa der Reformationszeit. 2. Sächsische Landesaussellung Schloss Hartenfels Torgau
Volume	1-2
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	2004

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Hinz 2004

Author	Berthold Hinz
Title	Die Bildnisse der drei letzten Ernestinisch-Sächsischen Kurfürsten: Entdeckung und Gebrauch des öffentlichen Porträts
Publication	in Jens Flemming, ed., Lesarten der Geschichte: ländliche Ordnungen und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Festschrift für Heide Wunder zum 65. Geburtstag
Place of Publication	Kassel
Year of Publication	2004
Link	http://kobra.bibliothek.uni-kassel.de/bitstream/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2010030832218/1/HinzKurfuersten2004.pdf
Pages	199-220

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978

under no. 179D

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	The Paintings of Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	New York
Year of Publication	1978

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

275, 278, 296

No. 182

Fig. 139

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Cat. Karlsruhe 1966

90, 91

Author	Jan Lauts
Title	Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe. Katalog Alter Meister bis 1800
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Karlsruhe
Year of Publication	1966

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

under no. 151D

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Glaser 1923

230

Author	Curt Glaser
Title	Lukas Cranach
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1923
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923

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Flechsig 1900 A

256

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Cranachstudien
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	page/n5/mode/2up

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Parthey 1863-1864

694

271

Author	Gustav Parthey
Title	Deutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1864

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Research History / Discussion

It cannot be assumed that both round portraits were painted at the same time as a pair. The portrait of Johann is more cautious, tired and tonal in execution than that of Friedrich.

[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974-1976, Bd. I, 296, No. 183]

Portrait medaillon of Friedrich the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1525

Images

Technical studies

07. 2011Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

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