Portrait of Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

[CDA 2011]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Fränkische Galerie Kronach, revised 2011]

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

[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

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: None

Owner: Federal Republic of Germany
Repository: Fränkische Galerie, Kronach
Location: Kronach

CDA ID: DE_BRD-FGK_mue7133
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BRD-FGK_mue7133/

Connected Works

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=RMG00491

[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

Author	Matthias Weniger
Title	Fränkische Galerie. Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums. Festung Rosenbach Kronach
Place of Publication	Petersberg
Year of Publication	2014

Show Literature

Grimm 1994

Fig. A12

Author	Claus Grimm
Title	Lucas Cranach 1994
Publication	in Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff, eds., Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken, Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Regensburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	18-43

Show Literature

Portrait of Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1532

Images

Technical studies

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

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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