Portrait of Johann I of Saxony

Portrait of Johann I of Saxony

Title

Portrait of Johann I of Saxony

[cda 2017]

Painting on paper, mounted on cardboard

Medium

Painting on paper, mounted on cardboard

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2013]

The painting depicts a bust-length portrait of the Elector of Saxony, facing left against a dark background. Johann wears a black doublet and a white shirt under a fur-trimmed coat, as well as a golden chain with three rings hanging from it. His head is decorated with a wreath of

The painting depicts a bust-length portrait of the Elector of Saxony, facing left against a dark background. Johann wears a black doublet and a white shirt under a fur-trimmed coat, as well as a golden chain with three rings hanging from it. His head is decorated with a wreath of flowers as was the usual practice for marriage or engagement portraits.

[Görres, cda 2017]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2013]

Production date
about 1578 - 1590

Production date

about 1578 - 1590

[Kenner 1893, 43]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: ca. 13.5 x 9.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: ca. 13.5 x 9.7 cm

  • [cda 2017]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Verso:

  • top centre: in pencil '33', '875'
  • top right: in pencil 'C3'
  • top left: in blue 'E I 3'
  • at the centre: in …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Verso:

    • top centre: in pencil '33', '875'
    • top right: in pencil 'C3'
    • top left: in blue 'E I 3'
    • at the centre: in pencil: '[...] Johann der Beständige v. Sachsen + 1532'
    • at the bottom, centre: in red '1014.'
    • at the bottom right: in pencil 'Inv. Nr. 5390'

  • [cda 2017]

Owner
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Repository
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Location
Vienna
CDA ID
AT_KHM_GG5390
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_KHM_GG5390/

Provenance

  • painted between 1578 and 1590 for the portrait collection of Archduke Ferdinand II, Schloss Ambras, Tirol
    [Friedrich Kenner, 'Die Porträtsammlung des Erzherzogs Ferdinand von Tirol', in Jahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses, 1893, Bd. 14, p. 37-61 (Introduction): p. 37-38: 'Bestandteil der Porträtsammlung des Erzherzogs Ferdinand'; p. 43: 'in der Zeit zwischen 1578 und 1590 entstanden']
  • 1806, the Ambras Collection was transferred to Vienna
  • 1810-1891, Vienna, Lower Belvedere, Ambras Collection
    [Source: Alois Primisser: Die kaiserlich-königliche Ambraser Sammlung, Wien 1819; Carl Goebel d. J., Porträtsammlung, Bibliothek und Arbeitszimmer der Kustoden, 1889, watercolour on paper, 49 x 67 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv. No. 2805, published in: Georg Lechner: 'Die Ambraser und andere Sammlungen im Unteren Belvedere. Betrachtungen zu den Aquarellen von Carl Goebel d. J.', in: Das Belvedere. Genese eines Museums, A. Husslein-Arco, K. Schoeller (ed.), Vienna 2011, pp. 125-137; A. Lhotsky, Die Geschichte der Sammlungen. Zweite Hälfte: Von Maria Theresia bis zum Ende der Monarchie (Festschrift des Kunsthistorischen Museums zur Feier des fünfzigjährigen Bestandes. Zweiter Teil: Die Geschichte der Sammlungen), Vienna/Horn 1941-1945, pp. 490-491, 511-514]
  • from 1891 probably in storage and since 1910, Vienna, Department of Coins and Medals (Münzkabinett), 2 floor, room II
    [Ladner 1932 (as above), p. 4 and p. 47-49]

[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2013]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Rauch 2002 84
AuthorMargot Rauch
TitleEinleitung zu Kat. 36
Publicationin Wilfried Seipel, ed., Werke für die Ewigkeit. Kaiser Maximilian I. und Erzherzog Ferdinand II. Exhib. Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication2002
Pages84
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Schütz 2002 19-21
AuthorKarl Schütz
TitleDie Porträtsammlung Erzherzog Ferdinands II.
Publicationin Wilfried Seipel, ed., Werke für die Ewigkeit. Kaiser Maximilian I. und Erzherzog Ferdinand II. Exhib. Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication2002
Pages19-21
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Ladner 1932 53
AuthorGerhart Ladner
TitleDie Porträtsammlung des Erzherzogs Ferdinand von Tirol
SeriesFührer durch die Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien
Volume17
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1932
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Kenner 1893 37-61
AuthorFriedrich Kenner
TitleDie Porträtsammlung des Erzherzogs Ferdinand von Tirol. Einleitung
JournalJahrbuch der kunsthistorischen Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses
IssueBd. 14
Year of Publication1893
Pages37- 61
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Kenner 1892 105
AuthorFriedrich Kenner
EditorKunsthistorische Sammlungen des allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses
TitleFührer durch die Porträtsammlung des Erzherzogs Ferdinand von Tirol
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1892
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Cat. Vienna 1819 106-107, 141
AuthorAlois Primisser
TitleDie kaiserlich-königliche Ambraser Sammlung
Place of PublicationVienna
Year of Publication1819
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