Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony and Johann Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony and Johann Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

Title

Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony and Johann Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

[cda 2010]

Painting on paper

Medium

Painting on paper

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Double portrait of Elector Johann Friedrich I (1503-1554) and his half-brother Johann Ernst (1521-1553) as half length against a blue background.

[cda 2015]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 157] [Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Production dates
um 1840 - 1850 (?)
1700 - 1799 ?

Production dates

um 1840 - 1850 (?)

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

1700 - 1799 ?

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 157]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 29.2 bis 29.6 x 48.4 bis 48.8 x 1.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 29.2 bis 29.6 x 48.4 bis 48.8 x 1.2 cm

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 157]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left: 'AETATIS SVAE LII 1554'/ floral ornament
  • top right:
    'AETATIS SVAE XXXII 1553' /floral ornament
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left:

  • 'AETATIS SVAE LII 1554'/ floral ornament

    • top right:

  • 'AETATIS SVAE XXXII 1553' /floral ornament

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 157]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Recto: - bottom right: label with the inv. no. GK

  • Verso:

    • adhesive label GK Nr.. 32; Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg Nr. 132; adhesive label 'Auf Papier gemalt! Fälschung 1840/50?'

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 157]

Owner
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Repository
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location
Coburg
CDA ID
DE_KSVC_M132
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M132/

Provenance

  • ducal property
  • 1843/74 Ducal Art and Antiquities Collection, Coburg (Herzogliche Kunst- und Altertümersammlung der Veste Coburg (HKA))
  • 1919 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (KVC)
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 157]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 157 under no. 29 Fig. 3, p. 157
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach 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 PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Research History / Discussion

'Are you sure about the object date?'

[Comment by cda user Günter König, Schortens, 31 Jan. 2012]

  • Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony and Johann Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, um 1840 - 1850 (?)

Images

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Technical studies

2018Technical Examination

Support

- paper attached to wood; two planks, horizontally aligned, plank widths (from the top): 20.1 cm; 9.5 cm

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 157]

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