Friedrich III. the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Titles

Friedrich III. the Wise, Elector of Saxony	[CDA 2011]
Portrait of Elector Friedrich the Wise	[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 48]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 48]

Half-length portrait of Friedrich (III) the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1463 - 1525), facing right, against a light blue background. He wears a black beret and a fur-lined overcoat.

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, 110] [Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 48]

Production date: 1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 20.6 x 14.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 20.6 x 14.5 cm
[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 48]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia beside the head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia beside the head: winged serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1532'
[CDA 2010]

Inscriptions and Labels

Printed label

top right corner: 'Friedrich III'
beneath:
'Fridrich bin ich billich genand [...] von dem mich nicht wand gonst …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

Printed label
- top right corner:
'Friedrich III'
- beneath:
'Fridrich bin ich billich genand [...] von dem mich nicht wand gonst noch gelt.'

Owner: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Repository: Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Location: Weimar

CDA ID: DE_KSW_G7
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW_G7/

Connected Works

Provenance

recorded in the inventory of the ducal library (Großherzogliche Bibliothek: XVII b 153, 154)
1863 transferred to the museum

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 48]

Exhibitions

Weimar, Wittenberg 1953, No. 65
Weimar 1972, Nos. 49, 50
Nuremberg 1983, 448 under No. 619

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Florence 2017

under no. 7

Editor	Francesca de Luca, Giovanni Maria Fara
Title	I volti della Riforma. Lutero e Cranach nelle collezioni medicee [Uffizi, Florence]
Place of Publication	Florence, Milan
Year of Publication	2017

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015

76, 110, 111

Fig. 69

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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Kolb 2015 A

208, Fn. 10, 209

Fig. 1

Author	Karin Kolb
Title	Zuschreibung im Cranach-Oeuvre. Neue Überlegungen zu einem alten Problem
Publication	in Elke A. Werner, Anne Eusterschulte, Gunnar Heydenreich, eds., Lucas Cranach der Jüngere und die Reformation der Bilder
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	206-215

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Exhib. Cat. Coburg 2010

153-154

No. 1.1.21

Fig. 1.1.21

Editor	LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Münster, Klaus Weschenfelder, Beate Böckum, Ruth Hansmann, Matthias Müller
Title	Apelles am Fürstenhof, Facetten der Hofkunst um 1500 im Alten Reich
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2010

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Müller 2010

Author	Matthias Müller
Title	"Menschen so zu malen, daß sie erkannt werden und zu leben scheinen" Naturnachahmung als Problem in Lucas Cranachs höfischer Porträtmalerei
Publication	in Matthias Müller, ed., Apelles am Fürstenhof. Facetten der Hofkunst um 1500 im Alten Reich Exhib. Cat. Coburg 2010
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	57-73

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Exhib. Cat. Kronach 1994

354-356

180a

Editor	Claus Grimm, Johannes Erichsen, Evamaria Brockhoff
Title	Lucas Cranach. Ein Maler-Unternehmer aus Franken [Festung Rosenberg, Kronach 17.05 - 21.08.1994; Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig 07.09 - 06.11.1994]
Series	Veröffentlichungen zur bayerischen Geschichte und Kultur
Volume	26
Place of Publication	Augsburg, Coburg
Year of Publication	1994

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Grimm 1994

Fig. A15

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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Cat. Weimar 1992

48-51

015a

Author	Helga Hoffmann
Editor	Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar
Title	Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar. Die deutschen Gemälde des XVI. Jahrhunderts
Place of Publication	Fulda
Year of Publication	1992

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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 [Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, 25.06 – 25.09.1983]
Place of Publication	Frankfurt a. M.
Year of Publication	1983

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

137

under 338B

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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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

101, 190 (u.)

Fig. 89

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Schade 1974

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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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1973

under No. 26

Author	Wilhelm H. Köhler, Frank Steigerwald
Title	Lucas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1973

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1972 B

Nos. 49, 50

Editor	Schlossmuseum Weimar
Title	Lucas Cranach 1472-1553. Ein großer Maler in bewegter Zeit
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1972

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar, Wittenberg 1953

Author	Walther Scheidig
Editor	Deutsche Lucas Cranach Komitee
Title	Lucas Cranach Ausstellung. Weimar und Wittenberg
Place of Publication	Weimar, Wittenberg
Year of Publication	1953

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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. Weimar 1913

Nos. 147, 148

Editor	Willibald Hermens
Title	Katalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1913

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Cat. Weimar 1910

Nos. 135, 136

Author	n. a.
Title	Katalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Issue	Sixth edition
Year of Publication	1910

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Devrient 1897

110

No. 8

Author	Ernst Devrient
Title	Die älteren Ernestiner
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1897

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Exhib. Cat. Weimar 1883

Nos. 53, 58

Editor	Karl Ruland
Title	Die Luther-Ausstellung des Großherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1883

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Parthey 1863-1864

692 (Bd. 1)

No. 234

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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Schuchardt 1851 C

130

413

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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Schöll 1847

167

Author	A. Schöll
Title	Weimars Merkwürdigkeiten einst und jetzt
Place of Publication	Weimar
Year of Publication	1847

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Meyer 1817

331

Author	H. Meyer
Title	Gemälde von Lukas Kranach dem ältern und jüngern in Weimar
Publication	in Christian August Vulpius, ed., Die Vorzeit oder Geschichte, Dichtung, Kunst und Literatur des Vor- und Mittel-Alters
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Erfurt
Year of Publication	1817

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Research History / Discussion

There is a black coating on the reverse of the panel and a woodcut by Cranach showing the electoral coat-of-arms, which was painted red, and has been attached to the reverse of the panel, 14.3 x 11.5 cm (sheet size); it was first used in the 'Wittenberger Heiltumsbuch' 1509 [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 101, Fig. 89], the same as the portrait of Friedrich the Wise in Bern from 1532 [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 190] and the painting in Berlin from the same year [Cat. Berlin 1973, No. 26]

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 48]

Friedrich III. the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1532

Images

Documents

DE_KSW_G7_FR-none_2014-10_X-radiograph-report.pdf

Technical studies

06.10.2014Technical examination / Scientific analysis

X-radiography

DE_KSW_G7_FR-none_2014-10_X-radiograph-report.pdf

Equipment: ERESCO 42 MF 4 from the company GE.

Scanner: CRxFlex.

Parameters: 50 KV, 8mA, 20 seconds

Distance from objectt: 3m

[HfBK Dresden, Prof. I. Mohrmann, K. Risse, 06.10.2014]

created by I. Mohrmann
created by HfBK Dresden
created by K. Risse

04. 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

Conservation History

Date1970

among other measures: renewal of the varnish and retouching

[Hoffmann, Cat. Weimar 1992, 48]

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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