Portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Title

Portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

[cda 2013]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[cda 2013]

Bust portrait of the elector facing left against a blue background. He wears a coat with a fur-collar, a black doublet and a white shirt, as well as a black beret.

[cda 2013]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2013]

Production date
about 1532

Production date

about 1532

[cda 2013]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 13.9/14 (left/right) x 14.5 x 0.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 13.9/14 (left/right) x 14.5 x 0.2 cm

  • [cda 2013]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Top left: "Johann der Beständige
Kurfürst von Sachsen
geb. 30 Juni 1467 starb 18 August
1532."

On the bottom remains …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Top left:

  • "Johann der Beständige

  • Kurfürst von Sachsen

  • geb. 30 Juni 1467 starb 18 August

  • 1532."

  • On the bottom remains of an former inscription, written in two columns:

    • left column: "Nach meines lieben bruders end [...]"
    • right column: "Umb l[and und] leut zu brin[g]en mich [...]"

  • [Görres, cda 2013]

Owner
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Repository
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
Location
Eisenach
CDA ID
DE_WSE_M0068
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_WSE_M0068/

Provenance

not specified

  • Portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, about 1532

Images

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Technical studies

02. 2013Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
  • irr

Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich
  • photographed by Ingo Sandner

Condition Reports

Date18.06.2013

verso painted brown and exhibits a broad bevelled edge

[cda 2013]

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