Portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Title

Portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

[CDA 2011]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Fränkische Galerie Kronach, revised 2011]

A half-length portrait of Johann the Steadfast shown in three-quarter profile facing left against a blue background. The elector wears a black beret and a fur-trimmed coat and has a greyish-black beard. A landscape top left.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[Cat. Kronach 2014, no. 97]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Fränkische Galerie Kronach, revised 2011]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 78 x 52.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 78 x 52.5 cm

  • [Fränkische Galerie Kronach, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated '1532'; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia above the sitter's proper left shoulder: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated '1532'; in black paint

  • [CDA 2011]

Owner
Federal Republic of Germany
Repository
Fränkische Galerie, Kronach
Location
Kronach
CDA ID
DE_BRD-FGK_mue5868
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BRD-FGK_mue5868/

Connected Works

Portrait of Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony
  • Portrait of Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1532
  • DE_BRD-FGK_mue7133
  • Painting
  • Federal Republic of Germany

Provenance

  • Giese, Zürich, 02.03.1941 (art market, Switzerland) [1]
  • 2.3.1941 the Galerie Giese, Zürich, sold both paintings 'Portrait of Elector Friedrich III the Wise and its pendant 'Johann the Steadfast', to Hermann Göring for the sum of sfrs. 37.000 [2]
  • whereabouts after 1945: property of the Federal Republic of Germany [1]

[1]Göring Collection: DHM database:
http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00490

[2]BADV Berlin, Property Card, Mü-Nr. 7133 and Mü-Nr. 5868; Göring Report, 113, Nr. 2. see also the inventory of the Göring Collection by Haase 2000, 281;
[http://www.badv.bund.de/DE/OffeneVermoegensfragen/Provenienzrecherche/Provenienzen/Daten/5000_5999/5868.html]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Kronach 2014 256-257 97
AuthorMatthias Weniger
TitleFränkische Galerie. Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums. Festung Rosenbach Kronach
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2014
Show Literature
Grimm 1994 31 Fig. A13
AuthorClaus Grimm
TitleLucas Cranach 1994
Publicationin Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds., Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
SeriesVeröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume26
Place of PublicationAugsburg, Regensburg
Year of Publication1994
Pages18-43
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Technical studies

17.09.2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- fluid, black pigmented medium, brush?

Type/Ductus:

- thin, traced lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours and describe facial features; no representation of volume

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- transferred from a pre-existing design (traced)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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