Elector Moritz of Saxony

Elector Moritz of Saxony

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

A full-length portrait facing right. The sitter is shown wearing an offical coat and hat, with a short sword, the blade of which is chased with interlacing strapwork. He has a reddisch blond pointed beard and stands in front od a stone-grey niche on a tiled ivory coloured floor. In

A full-length portrait facing right. The sitter is shown wearing an offical coat and hat, with a short sword, the blade of which is chased with interlacing strapwork. He has a reddisch blond pointed beard and stands in front od a stone-grey niche on a tiled ivory coloured floor. In the upper corners, left: coloured electoral coat-of-arms in yellowish scrollwork, right coloured coat-of-arms of the burgraviate of Magdeburg.

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger (?)

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Kolb 2005, 97-98]

Lucas Cranach the Younger (?)

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Dating
about 1570
about 1580

Dating

about 1570

[Kolb 2005 B, 100]

about 1580

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 217 x 106 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 217 x 106 cm

  • [Kolb 2005 B, 105]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions

- on the sword:
'+ M./ D.S.E.E./ 1547'

- bottom:
'INSTAVRAVIT'

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Inscriptions

Inscriptions:

  • - on the sword:

  • '+ M./ D.S.E.E./ 1547'

  • - bottom:

  • 'INSTAVRAVIT'

  • [Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Owner
Evangelisches Predigerseminar Wittenberg
Repository
Lutherhaus Wittenberg
Location
Wittenberg
CDA ID
DE_EPSW_08
FR (1978) Nr.
FR338G
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_EPSW_08/

Provenance

- on loan from the Protestant theological seminary

[Lutherhaus Wittenberg, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Kolb 2005 B
AuthorKarin Kolb
TitleLandesherrliche Repräsentation an der Universität. Die Wittenberger Kurfürstenbildnisse von Lucas Cranach dem Jüngeren
Publicationin Barbara Marx, ed., Kunst und Repräsentation am Dresdner Hof
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2005
Pages97-107
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  • Elector Moritz of Saxony, about 1570

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