Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Title

The left panel of a triptych depicting the three Reformation Electors of Saxony

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

Medium

Painting on beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 145]

The portrait triptych depicts the saxon electors Friedrich, Johann and Johann Friedrich. The exterior of the moveable wings show the acheivements of the sitters. This left panel depicts Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony. A half-length portrait with hands, facing left against a blue background. His eyes, hair and beard are brown. He wears a black doublet and a black overcoat with a brown fur collar and a white shirt with white embroidery and a black beret.

[http://forschung.gnm.de/apps/dmsweb2/index.php?mode=detail&invnr=Gm222] (06.09.2010)

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 145]

Production date: 1532 or later

Production date

1532 or later

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 145]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 51 x 25.8 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 51 x 25.8 cm
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 145]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: Reverse of the panel: Text printed on paper in three parts:
'Friderich der Drit: Chur-/fvrst vnd Herzog zu/Sachssen.

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

Reverse of the panel: Text printed on paper in three parts:
'Friderich der Drit: Chur-/fvrst vnd Herzog zu/Sachssen. [beside this:] Johans der Erst: Chur-/furst vnd Herzog zu / Sachssen.' [on another piece of paper below:]
'Fridrich bin ich billich genand
Schönenfrid ich erhielt ym land.
Durch gros vernunfft: gedult und glück
Widder manchen ertzbösen tück.
Das land ich zieret mit gebew
Vnd stifft ein hohe Schul auffs new.
Zu Wittemberg ym Sachssenland
Inn der welt die ward bekand.
Denn aus derselb kam Gottes wort
Vnd bracht rechten glauben widder.
Zum Keisar ward erkoren ich
Des mein alter beschweret sich.
Dafur ich Keisar Carl erwelt
Von dem mich nicht wand gonst noch gelt.'
in white paint 'Gm 222'
[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 145-146]

Owner: The City of Nuremberg
Repository: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Location: Nuremberg

CDA ID: DE_GNMN_Gm222a
FR (1978) Nr.: FR338A
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_GNMN_Gm222a/

Connected Works

Provenance

The City of Nuremberg, Inv. No. 2

origin uncertain
from 1811 displayed in Nuremberg Castle, Inv. 1817 and inventory 1819, No. 512
from 1840 in the Landauerbrüderhaus
1864 displayed once again in the castle
1882 GNM

[Löcher, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 146]

Exhibitions

Nuremberg 1959, No. 40, No. 5
Coburg 1967, No. 54, Fig. 21
Nuremberg 1983, No. 619 and Fig.
Mainz 1990, Fig. 9

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015

262

Editor	Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper
Title	Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Year of Publication	2015

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Cat.Hess, Hirschfelder, Bär 2010

105, 428

Fig. 74

Author	Frank Bär
Editor	Daniel Hess, Dagmar Hirschfelder, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Title	Renaissance. Barock. Aufklärung. Kunst und Kultur vom 16. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert
Series	Die Schausammlungen des Germanischen Nationalmuseums
Volume	3
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	2010

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Diemer et al. 2008

922-923

No. 3057

Author	Dorothea Diemer, Peter Diemer, Lorenz Seelig, Brigitte Vork-Knüttel, Peter Volk, Willibald Sauerländer
Title	Die Münchner Kunstkammer
Publication	in Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 129
Volume	2
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2008

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Koepplin 2007 A

222

Author	Dieter Koepplin
Title	Kurfürst Friedrich der Weise mit der nicht millionenschweren Kaiserkrone in der Hand
Publication	in Andreas Tacke, ed., Lucas Cranach 1553/2003. Wittenberger Tagungsbeiträge anlässlich des 450. Todesjahres Lucas Cranachs des Älteren
Series	Schriften der Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Volume	7
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	2007
Pages	299-312

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Cat. Nuremberg 1997

145-149

Author	Kurt Löcher
Title	Die Gemälde des 16. Jahrhunderts. Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg
Place of Publication	Ostfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication	1997

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Dülberg 1990

260

Figs. 628, 629

Author	Angelica Dülberg
Title	Privatporträts. Geschichte und Ikonologie einer Gattung im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1990

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Exhib. Cat. Mainz 1990

Fig. 9

Editor	Horst Reber, Berthold Roland
Title	Albrecht von Brandenburg. Kurfürst, Erzkanzler, Kardinal, 1490 - 1545. Zum 500. Geburtstag eines deutschen Renaissancefürsten
Place of Publication	Mainz
Year of Publication	1990

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Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1983

No. 619

Editor	Gerhard Bott
Title	Martin Luther und die Reformation in Deutschland. Ausstellung zum 500. Geburtstag Martin Luthers
Place of Publication	Frankfurt a. M.
Year of Publication	1983

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

137

No. 338A

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. Enschede 1976

No. 66

Editor	O. ter Kuile
Title	Catalogus van de schilderijen
Place of Publication	Enschede
Year of Publication	1976

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Schade 1974

435

Author	Werner Schade
Title	Die Malerfamilie Cranach
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schade1974

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Pilz 1970

Author	Kurt Pilz
Title	Die St Nikolaus- und Ulrichskirche in Nürnberg - Mögeldorf. Ihre Geschichte und ihre Kunstwerke.
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1970

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Exhib. Cat. Coburg 1967

054

Fig. 21

Editor	LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Heino Maedebach
Title	Martin Luther 1517-1967. Ausstellung zur Erinnerung an die 95 Thesen Martin Luthers vom Jahre 1517
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1967

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Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1959

No. 40

Fig. 5

Author	Herwarth Röttgen
Editor	Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Title	Aus der Frühzeit der evangelischen Kirche
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1959

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Schwemmer 1949

Author	Wilhelm Schwemmer
Title	Aus der Geschichte der Kunstsammlungen der Stadt Nürnberg
Journal	Mitteilungen des Vereins für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg
Issue	Vol. 40
Year of Publication	1949
Pages	97-133, 152-206

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Cat. Nuremberg 1936/1937

Fig. 377

Author	Eberhard Lutze, Eberhard Wiegand
Title	Kataloge des Germanischen Nationalmuseums zu Nürnberg. Die Gemälde des 13.-16. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1937

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

272

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Glaser 1923

231

Author	Curt Glaser
Title	Lukas Cranach
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1923
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923

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Cat. Nuremberg 1909

222

Author	Heinz Braune
Title	Katalog der Gemälde-Sammlung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums in Nürnberg
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1909

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Cat. Nuremberg 1893

No. 268

Author	August von Essenwein, Adolf Bayersdorfer, Franz von Reber
Title	Katalog der im germanischen Museum befindlichen Gemälde
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1893

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Mummenhoff 1891

290

Author	Ernst Mummenhoff
Title	Das Rathhaus in Nürnberg
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1891

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Parthey 1863-1864

692 (Bd. 1)

No.227

Author	Gustav Parthey
Title	Deutscher Bildersaal. Verzeichnis der in Deutschland vorhandenen Oelbilder verstorbener Maler aller Schulen
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1864

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Lotz 1863

347

No. 170

Author	Wilhelm Lotz
Title	Kunst-Topographie Deutschlands. Ein Haus- und Reise-Handbuch für Künstler, Gelehrte und Freunde unserer alten Kunst
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Kassel
Year of Publication	1863

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Heller 1854

Author	Joseph Heller
Title	Lucas Cranach's Leben und Werke
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1854
Link	http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062799757

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Schuchardt 1851 C

103

375

Author	Christian Schuchardt
Title	Lucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1851
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2

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Waagen 1843

215

Author	Gustav Friedrich Waagen
Title	Kunstwerke und Künstler im Erzgebirge und in Franken
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1843

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Cat. Nuremberg 1840

No. 170

Editor	Landauerbrüderhaus
Title	Verzeichnis der königlichen und städtischen Gemälde, welche in der Königlichen Gemäldegalerie in Nürnberg im Landauerbrüderhaus aufgestellt sind.
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1840

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Heller 1821

214

Author	Joseph Heller
Title	Versuch über das Leben und die Werke Lucas Cranachs
Place of Publication	Bamberg
Year of Publication	1821
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/heller1821

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Murr 1801

379

Author	Christoph Gottlieb von Murr
Title	Beschreibung der vornehmsten Merkwürdigkeiten in der Reichsstadt Nürnberg, in deren Bezirke und auf der Universität Altdorf
Place of Publication	Nuremberg
Year of Publication	1801

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Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, 1532 or later

Images

Technical studies

09. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

1997Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology
Infrared reflectography

Support

- beech wood (Fagus sylvatica)

- single plank

- original size

Reverse:

- thin white ground

- three paper labels measuring: 6.8 x 12.7 cm, 6.8 x 11.7 cm, 26.8 x 23 cm respectively

- the watermarks are identical

- the paper has a black painted boarder

Ground and Imprimatura

- the panel was in a frame when the ground was applied and the sky was painted, then the frame was removed

[Homolka, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 146]

Underdrawing

- none visible

[Homolka, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 146]

Condition Reports

Date1997

Painted surface:

top right: '64' in red paint, still vaguely visible, either an inventory number or a gallery number
small losses distributed over the entire painted surface

[Homolka, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 146]

Conservation History

Date1959

as yet no information

[Homolka, Cat. Nuremberg 1997, 146]

Versions

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