Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony [right wing of the triptych]

Titles

Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony [right wing of the triptych]	[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 606]
The three Electors of Saxony: Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous [right wing of the triptych]	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 338]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 606]
[Klein, Report 1992]

The right wing of the triptych depicts a half-length portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous in front of a landscape, which extends across all three panels. The elector is the only bare-heade sitters, he wears a black fur-trimmed cloak, and has short black hair and a beard. He turns to the left and has a ring on the index finger of his right hand. In contrast to Johann the Steadfast on the central panel Johann Friedrich occupies almost the entire pictorial space. There is a text block in the lower third of the panel, which acts as a balustrade for the elector and is decorated with the electoral-ernestine coat-of-arms.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 606] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 338]

Production dates: after 1532
about 1535

Production dates

after 1532	[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 606]
about 1535	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 338]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 68.7 x 32.3 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 68.7 x 32.3 cm
[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 606]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Hamburger Kunsthalle
Repository: Hamburger Kunsthalle
Location: Hamburg

CDA ID: DE_HKH_HK-606c
FR (1978) Nr.: FR338
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_HKH_HK-606c/

Connected Works

Provenance

the collection of Martin Hinrichs Cords, Hamburg
auction of the Cords Collection, Hamburg (Noodt), 9.1.1815, No.1 (not sold)
the collection of Martin Hinrichs Cords, Hamburg 1842. the owner is probably a younger relative of the in 1814 deceased Martin Hinrichs Cords.
1917 acquired from a private collection in Hamburg with funding from the Oelrich-Legats and the Eduard-Ludewig-Behrens-Testament

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 606]

Exhibitions

Hamburg 1842, No. 41
Hamburg 1937, No. 7
Hamburg 1973, No. 4
Hamburg 1983, No. 79
Torgau 2004, No. 212

[Cat. Hamburg 2007, No. 606]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Horký 2022

Fig. 6

Author	Mila Horký
Editor	Thomas Richter, Silke Gatenbröcker
Title	Das Bildnis eines Ritters (1535) von Lucas Cranach: eine Spurensuche in Kursachsen
Publication	in Thomas Richter, Silke Gatenbröcker, eds.: Beiträge zur Kunst des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts
Volume	7
Journal	Niederdeutsche Beiträge zur Kunstgeschichte
Year of Publication	2022
Pages	8-31

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Cat. Coburg 2018

152

under nos. 27, 28

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Teget-Welz 2018

218, 219

Fig. 6

Author	Manuel Teget-Welz
Title	Von Gotha in die Ganze Welt. Die Fürstenserie des Monogrammisten IS
Publication	in Klaus Weschenfelder, ed., Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018
Pages	209-228

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015

111

Editor	Wolfgang Holler, Karin Kolb
Title	Cranach in Weimar, [Weimar, Schiller-Museum, 3 April - 14 June 2015]
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	2015

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Trümper 2015

22, 23

Fig. 6

Author	Timo Trümper
Title	Inszenierungsstrategien der Ernestiner
Publication	in Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	17-28

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Messling 2010

Author	Guido Messling
Title	Blicke auf Cranach
Publication	in Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	12-25

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Cat. Hamburg 2007

606

Author	Martina Sitt, Gerrit Walczak
Title	Die Sammlungen der Hamburger Kunsthalle. Die deutschen, englischen, französischen, italienischen und spanischen Gemälde 1350-1800
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Year of Publication	2007

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Exhib. Cat. Prague 2005

86, 87 (English version 35)

under no. 16

Fig. no. 87

Editor	Obrazárna Pražského hradu, Kaliopi Chamonikola
Title	Pod znamením okrídleného hada. Lucas Cranach a ceské zeme. Under the winged Serpent. Lucas Cranach and the Czech Land
Place of Publication	Prague
Year of Publication	2005

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Exhib. Cat. Torgau 2004

153

212

Editor	Harald Marx, Eckhard Kluth, Cecilie Hollberg
Title	Glaube und Macht. Sachsen im Europa der Reformationszeit. 2. Sächsische Landesaussellung Schloss Hartenfels Torgau
Volume	1-2
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	2004

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Bünsche 1998 A

Author	Bernd Bünsche
Title	Die Verwendung von Lochpausen bei der Anfertigung der Fürstenportraits durch Lucas Cranach den Älteren
Publication	in Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, ed., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	1998
Pages	61-64

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Exhib. Cat. Magdeburg 1998

130

under No. 29

Editor	Matthias Puhle
Title	"...ganz verheeret!": Magdeburg und der Dreißigjährige Krieg
Place of Publication	Magdeburg
Year of Publication	1998

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Cat. Nuremberg 1997

146-148

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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Schneede, Leppien 1997

92-93

Editor	Uwe M. Schneede, Helmut R. Leppien
Title	Die Hamburger Kunsthalle. Bauten und Bilder
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1997

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Bierende 2006

330-333

Author	Edgar Bierende
Title	Demut und Bekenntnis - Cranachs Bildnisse von Kurfürst Johann Friedrich I. von Sachsen
Publication	in Volker Leppin, Georg Schmidt, Sabine Wefers, eds., Johann Friedrich I. - der lutherische Kurfürst
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Year of Publication	1996
Pages	327-357

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Grimm 1994

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

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Hinz 1994 A

Author	Berthold Hinz
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und seine Bildermanufaktur. Eine Künstlersozialgeschichte
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1994

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Klein 1994 A

195, 197, 198

Tabs. 1, 6

Author	Peter Klein
Title	Lucas Cranach und seine Werkstatt. Holzarten und dendrochronologische Analyse
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, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	194-200

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Klein 1994 B

215

Author	Peter Klein
Title	Holzartenbestimmung und dendrochronologische Analyse an Gemäldetafeln von Lucas Cranach d.Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Publication	Allmuth Schuttwolf, ed., Gotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Gotha
Place of Publication	Gotha
Year of Publication	1994
Pages	210-219

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Schneede, Leppien 1994

224

p. 32

Editor	Uwe M. Schneede, Helmut R. Leppien
Title	Hamburger Kunsthalle. Meisterwerke
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Year of Publication	1994

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Hinz 1993

81-83

Author	Berthold Hinz
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä.
Place of Publication	Reinbek near Hamburg
Year of Publication	1993

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Christensen 1992

46-47

Author	Carl C. Christensen
Title	Princes and Propaganda. Electoral Saxon Art of the Reformation
Series	Sixteenth Century Essays & Studies
Volume	21
Place of Publication	Kirksville
Year of Publication	1992

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Cat. Weimar 1988

Author	Helga Hoffmann
Title	Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar: Die deutschen Gemälde des XVI. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1988

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1983

334

under No. E 44

Editor	Altes Museum, Berlin
Title	Kunst der Reformationzeit
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1983

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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 1983 B

238

under No. 106

Editor	Werner Hofmann
Title	Köpfe der Lutherzeit, [Hamburg, Kunsthalle. 1983-1984]
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	1983

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Exhib. Cat. Nuremberg 1983

448

under 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

338

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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Bertram 1978

Author	Helmut Bertram
Title	Landschaftsbilder in der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Year of Publication	1978

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Hentzen 1969

Author	Alfred Hentzen
Title	Hamburger Kunsthalle. Meisterwerke der Gemälde-Galerie
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	1969

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Cat. Hamburg 1966

44-45

Author	n. a.
Title	Katalog der Alten Meister der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Issue	Fifth edition
Year of Publication	1966

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Lankheit 1959

pl. 16

Author	Klaus Lankheit
Title	Das Triptychon als Pathosformel
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Year of Publication	1959

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Cat. Hamburg 1956

44-45

Author	n. a.
Title	Katalog der Alten Meister der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Issue	Fourth edition
Year of Publication	1956

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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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Cat. Hamburg 1930

28-29

Author	n. a.
Title	Kunsthalle zu Hamburg. Katalog der Alten Meister
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Issue	Third edition
Year of Publication	1930

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Pauli 1925

fig. p. 21

Author	Gustav Pauli
Title	Die Kunsthalle zu Hamburg 1914-1924
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Year of Publication	1925

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Cat. Hamburg 1921

29-30

Author	Gustav Pauli
Title	Kunsthalle zu Hamburg. Katalog der Alten Meister
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Issue	Second edition
Year of Publication	1921

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Pauli 1920

35-36

Author	Gustav Pauli
Title	Die Sammlung alter Meister in der Hamburger Kunsthalle
Journal	Zeitschrift für bildende Kunst
Issue	N.F. 31=55.1920
Year of Publication	1920
Pages	21-30

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Cat. Hamburg 1918

29-30

Author	n. a.
Title	Kunsthalle zu Hamburg. Katalog der Alten Meister
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Year of Publication	1918

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Jahresbericht Hamburg 1917

6-8

Author	n. a.
Title	Jahresbericht der Kunsthalle zu Hamburg für 1917
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Year of Publication	1918

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Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony [right wing of the triptych], after 1532

Images

Documents

DE_HKH_HK-606c_FR338_1992_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

08. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material, dark chalk

Type/Ductus:

- copied lines (traced?)

- delicate, fine lines

Function:

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

Deviations:

- almost no alterations made during the painting process to clearly define form

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- not possible

Comments:

- probably transferred from a pre-existing design (facial features)

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

14.05.1992Scientific analysis

Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

DE_HKH_HK-606c_FR338_1992_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Youngest annual ring: 1529

analysed by Peter Klein

Support made from the same tree

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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