Johann, Duke of Saxony

Title

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133]

Half-length portrait of Johann, Duke of Saxony (1498-1537), facing right, against a bright background.

[cda 2015]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133]

Production date: about 1530 - 1539

Production date

about 1530 - 1539

"1530er Jahre"
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 54.5 x 44.9 cm (trimmed along the bottom edge)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 54.5 x 44.9 cm (trimmed along the bottom edge)
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133]

Owner: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository: Staatsgalerie im Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg
Location: Aschaffenburg

CDA ID: DE_BStGS_13177
FR (1978) Nr.: FR424C
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_13177/

Provenance

Fleischmann, Munich 1931 (art market, Germany) [1]
Theodor Fischer, Lucerne (exchanged for confiscated paintings from the ERR), 25.02.1941 (art market, Switzerland)[1]
whereabouts after 1945; Bavaria, Bay. Staatsgemäldesammlungen: 13177[1]
1961 transferred from State property

[1]Göring Collection: DHM database:
http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00495

[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 133]

at an unknown date in France
1927 Goudstikker Collection, Amsterdam
1928 at the auction house Julius Böhler, Munich
See also the entry in the Lost Art-Database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 391062; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Fund/391062 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011

133

Author	Martin Schawe
Editor	Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Title	Cranach in Bayern
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2011

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Exhib. Cat. Aschaffenburg 2007

289

No. 29

Fig. 288

Editor	Gerhard Ermischer, Andreas Tacke
Title	Cranach im Exil. Aschaffenburg um 1540. Zuflucht - Schatzkammer - Residenz. Ausstellungskatalog Schloss Johannisburg und Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2007

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Von zur Mühlen 2004

No. 26

Author	Ilse Von zur Mühlen
Title	Die Kunstsammlung Herman Görings. Ein Provenienzbericht der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Mit einem Beiträg von Albert A. Feiber
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2004

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

No. 425C

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Cat. Aschaffenburg 1975

47-48

Author	n. a.
Title	Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Galerie Aschaffenburg. Katalog
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1975

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Johann, Duke of Saxony, about 1530 - 1539

Images

Technical studies

06. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing combined with traced lines

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- minor alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger?

Comments:

- possibly transferred from a preparatory drawing

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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