Portrait of Johann Friedrich, Elector of Saxony

Title

[cda 2018]

Painting on wood

Painting on wood

[Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, revised 2018]

A half-length portrait depicting Elector Johann Friedrich I the Magnanimous (1503-1554) facing right against a blue background.

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, revised 2018]

1532

[dated]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia left edge: Serpent with elevated wings and dated '1532'

about 1998 in a private collection in Munich
[handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the reverse of a photograph in the Archive D. Koepplin]
collection Claus Hüppe (1924-2009), since 2010 on loan to the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
[http://www.kunstsammlungen-chemnitz.de/index.php?loc=ksc&content=exposition_detail&xid=127&id=1180; accessed 03 Aug 2018]

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