All the later portraits of Friedrich the Wise draw on the same portrait study (with Moustache and beret), the last one painted by Cranach of the elector. This is the earliest dated specimen. The difference between the portraits from 1525 and this work are the darker hair and beard,
All the later portraits of Friedrich the Wise draw on the same portrait study (with Moustache and beret), the last one painted by Cranach of the elector. This is the earliest dated specimen. The difference between the portraits from 1525 and this work are the darker hair and beard, and the fact that the sitter's hair is not yet completely grey.
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 151]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 151] |
- Production date
- 1522
Production date
1522 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 46 x 29 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 46 x 29 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 151]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the left: serpent with dropped wings and date '1522'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the left: serpent with dropped wings and date '1522'
[cda 2018]
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P223
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR151
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P223/