Elector Moritz of Saxony wearing Informal Attire

Title

[cda 2015]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 508]

Posthumous portrait of Elector Moritz of Saxony (1521 - 1553) wearing splendid everday attire - a fur-trimmed cloak and three chains. His left hilt rests on the hilt of a sword.

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 508]

Production date: 1578

Production date

1578

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of visible surface: 112.2 x 91.2 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of visible surface: 112.2 x 91.2 cm
[Heydenreich, cda 2015]

Signature / Dating: None

Inscriptions and Labels: at top right: 'MAURITIVS CHVRFVRST ZU / SACHSEN. 1547.'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

at top right:
'MAURITIVS CHVRFVRST ZU / SACHSEN. 1547.'

Owner: Stadtmuseum Meißen
Repository: Stadtmuseum Meißen
Location: Meissen

CDA ID: DE_SMM_001
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMM_001/

Connected Works

Provenance

In 1578 Archduke Ferdinand II. of Tirol asked Elector August of Saxony for two portrait pairs depicting the electors Moritz and Johann Friedrich of Saxony for his portrait collection. The aforementioned should each be painted once in armour and once in everyday attire. Elector August commissioned Cranach the Younger, who delivered them within the same year. However for some unknown reason both portrait pairs remained in Saxony.
[see: Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 508-509]

1670 transferred to the cabinet of curiosities, Dresden
1833 transferred to the armoury (Historisches Museum, Inv.-Nr. H 74)

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 537]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005

508-509, 537

under No. 48

Fig. 215

Editor	Harald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
Title	Cranach Anlässlich der Ausstellung Cranach vom 13. November 2005 bis 12. März 2006 in den Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. Eine Ausstellung in Kooperation mit der Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2005

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Elector Moritz of Saxony wearing Informal Attire, 1578

Images

Technical studies

03. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2015]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
photographed by Ingo Sandner

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