A full-length double portrait of Princes Georg III of Anhalt (left) and his brother Joachim I of Anhalt (right). They are turned towards each other. The centre of the image is occupied by a large rendition of the Anhalt coat-of-arms with eight fields and three decorative helmets with organic ornamentation.
A full-length double portrait of Princes Georg III of Anhalt (left) and his brother Joachim I of Anhalt (right). They are turned towards each other. The centre of the image is occupied by a large rendition of the Anhalt coat-of-arms with eight fields and three decorative helmets with organic ornamentation. It is complemented by two coats-of-arms beneath and four either side. Georg wears a fur-trimmed gown and holds rosary beads and a book in his hands. His brother is shown in an elaborately decorated robe with fur-trimming and has gloves and a sword.
[Görres, cda 2015]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Heller 1854, 300] |
- Production date
- 1553
Production date
1553 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: unknown
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: unknown
[cda 2015]
- Signature / Dating
- Artist's insignia and date at the bottom right: serpent with bent wings and date '1553'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia and date at the bottom right: serpent with bent wings and date '1553'
[cda 2015]
- Inscriptions and Labels
- Titel of both sitters, handwritten by Melanchthon (according to Heller 1854, 300): - bottom left: 'GEORG fürst zu Annhaltt Thumrprobst Zu Magdeburgk und …
Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
- Titel of both sitters, handwritten by Melanchthon (according to Heller 1854, 300): - bottom left:
- 'GEORG fürst zu Annhaltt
- Thumrprobst Zu Magdeburgk
- und Meyssenn'
- - bottom right:
- 'Joachim fürst zu
- Anhalt. ec.'
- [Görres, cda 2015]
- Owner
- Kirche St. Marien, Dessau
- Repository
- Unknown
- CDA ID
- DE_MD-Lost_NONE-001
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_MD-Lost_NONE-001/