Johann Ernst of Saxony

Johann Ernst of Saxony

Title

Johann Ernst of Saxony

[CDA 2010]

Painting on alder wood

Medium

Painting on alder wood

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

Painting on fir wood

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Portrait of Johann Ernst, Prince of Saxony (1521-1553) as half length figure, facing left.

[cda 2015]

Attributions
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Monogrammist HS

Attributions

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, revised 2010]

Monogrammist HS

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Production date
about 1586 - 1595

Production date

about 1586 - 1595

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 55 x 50.5 x 1.1 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 55 x 50.5 x 1.1 cm

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with elevated wings, signed beneath with the monogram 'HS' (linked), beneath that '1.5.20'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with elevated wings, signed beneath with the monogram 'HS' (linked), beneath that '1.5.20'

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • at the top right: 'Ioannes Ernestus/ Dux Saxoniae'
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 154] Reverse
    on the frame:
  • Duke Ernst's brandmark …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • at the top right:

  • 'Ioannes Ernestus/ Dux Saxoniae'

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse

  • on the frame: - Duke Ernst's brandmark 'E (with a crown) Cap: XI, NO 60'

    • remnants of an oval adhesive label 'No. 33'

  • on the panel (clockwise from the the top centre):

    • adhesive label 'No 102'
    • adhesive label KVC
    • adhesive label HKA
    • adhesive label with an inscription: 'Johann Ernestus Chur. Fürst Johann/Fridrichs bruder oheim Euer Gnaden'

  • [Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Owner
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Repository
Veste Coburg Kunstsammlungen
Location
Coburg
CDA ID
DE_KSVC_M138
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSVC_M138/

Provenance

  • ducal property, Ehrenburg castle
  • 1856 Ducal Art and Antiquities Collection, Coburg (Herzogliche Kunst- und Altertümersammlung der Veste Coburg (HKA))
  • 1919 Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg (KVC)
    [Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 119, 154-157 29 Pl. p. 155
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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Weschenfelder 2018 B 28, 29 Figs. 2, 4
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleVorbemerkung zum Katalog
Publicationin 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 PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Pages27-29
Show Literature
Koepplin 2007 A 309 No. 6
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleKurfürst Friedrich der Weise mit der nicht millionenschweren Kaiserkrone in der Hand
Publicationin Andreas Tacke, ed., Lucas Cranach 1553/2003. Wittenberger Tagungsbeiträge anlässlich des 450. Todesjahres Lucas Cranachs des Älteren
SeriesSchriften der Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt
Volume7
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication2007
Pages299-312
Show Literature
  • Johann Ernst of Saxony, about 1586 - 1595

Images

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Technical studies

2018Technical Examination

Support

- fir wood

- chamfered on all four sides, width of chamfer 1.5 cm, the reverse exhibits toolmarks from a toothed plane

- to vertically aligned planks, plank widths (recto, from the right): plank I: 26.2 cm; plank II: 24 cm

Ground and Imprimatura

- chalk ground

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

03.03.2016Scientific analysis

  • Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

Support

Identification of wood species: alder wood (Alnus sp.)

Alder wood was also identified as the wood employed for the two panels depicting saints in Karlsruhe: [DE_SKK_0110] and [DE_SKK_0113]

[Klein report, 03.03.2016]

  • analysed by Peter Klein

Condition Reports

Date2018

Varnish:

  • the painting exhibits a glossy coat of varnish; recent retouches are visible.

[Cat. Coburg 2018, 154]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
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Entry with no author
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