Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

[cda 2017]

Painting on hardwood (limewood?); text printed on paper and attached with glue

Medium

Painting on hardwood (limewood?); text printed on paper and attached with glue

[Kunsthaus Zürich, revised 2017]

This posthumous portrait of Friedrich the Wise is a bust-length depiction of the Saxon elector shown facing right against a blue background. In the lower section of the painting his merits are recorded in verse.

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2017]

Production date: 1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 20.6 x 14.4 x 0.3 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 20.6 x 14.4 x 0.3 cm
[Kunsthaus Zürich, revised 2017]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with elevated wings and dated '1532'

Inscriptions and Labels: Inscription at the top right: 'Fridrich der Drit / Churfurst und Hertzog zu / Sachsen';
Inscription at the bottom: …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Inscription at the top right: 'Fridrich der Drit / Churfurst und Hertzog zu / Sachsen';
Inscription at the bottom: 16 lines of verse: 'Fridrich bin ich billich genand [...] Dafur ich Keiser Carl erwelt / Von dem mich nicht wand gonst noch gelt'

Owner: Kunsthaus Zürich
Repository: Kunsthaus Zürich
Location: Zurich

CDA ID: CH_KHZ_2669a
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/CH_KHZ_2669a/

Connected Works

Provenance

provenance is unknown; entered storage before 1982
[Kunsthaus Zürich, revised 2017]

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1532

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