Recto: Bust portrait showing Friedrich the Wise in three-quarter profile facing right against a light blue background. As is typical of these serial portraits he wears a black beret, as well as a fur trimmed mantle over a black robe and an embellished white shirt. His beard and hair are
Recto: Bust portrait showing Friedrich the Wise in three-quarter profile facing right against a light blue background. As is typical of these serial portraits he wears a black beret, as well as a fur trimmed mantle over a black robe and an embellished white shirt. His beard and hair are grey.
Verso: the electors of Saxony's coat-of-arms printed on paper
[Görres, cda 2014]
- Attribution
- Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005, no. 16] |
- Production date
- 1532
Production date
1532 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 20.5 x 14.1 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.5 x 14.1 cm
[cda 2014]
- Signature / Dating
- Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with upright wings, facing right
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia centre left: winged serpent with upright wings, facing right
[cda 2014]
- Inscriptions and Labels
- Top right (a paper label on the panel), printed inscription: 'Friderich der Drit/Chur. Furst vnd herzog zu Sachssen.' Bottom (a paper label on the …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- Top right (a paper label on the panel), printed inscription: 'Friderich der Drit/Chur.
- Furst vnd herzog zu
- Sachssen.'
- Bottom (a paper label on the panel), printed inscription:
- 'Fridrich bin ich billich genand
- Schönen frid ich erhiel im land.
- Durch gros vernunfft geduld und glück
- Widder manchen erzbösen tück.
- Das land ich zieret mit gebew
- Und Stifft ein höhe Schul auffs new.
- Zu Wittenberg im Sachssen land
- Inn der welt die ward bekand
- Denn aus der selb kam Gottes wort
- Und thet gros ding an manchem ort.
- Das Bepstlich Reich stört es nidder
- Und bracht rechten glauben widder.
- Zum Keisar ward erkorn ich
- Des mein alter beschweret sich.
- Dafur ich Keisar Carl erwelt
- Von dem mich nicht wand gonst noch gelt.'
- [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 15]
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
- Recto of the panel, bottom: 'RENOV: ET PRAESENTATUM. 1639'
- [Cat. Prague 2007, No. 15]
- Owner
- Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
- Repository
- Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery in Prague)
- Location
- Prague
- CDA ID
- CZ_NGP_DO4573
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/CZ_NGP_DO4573/