Portrait of Elector John Frederic the Magnanimous of Saxony

Portrait of Elector John Frederic the Magnanimous of Saxony

Title

Portrait of Elector John Frederic the Magnanimous of Saxony

[Satens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Portrait of the Elector John Frederic the Magnanimous of Saxony in a fur coat. Blue background.

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003, 177, No. 56]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Production date
1533

Production date

1533

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.0 x 14.0 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20.0 x 14.0 cm

  • [Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Signature / Dating
  • dated at left edge, centre: '.1533.', no artist's insignia

Signature / Dating

    • dated at left edge, centre: '.1533.', no artist's insignia

  • [Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Owner
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Repository
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Location
Copenhagen
CDA ID
DK_SMK_KMSsp725
FR (1978) Nr.
FR337A
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DK_SMK_KMSsp725/

Connected Works

Portrait of the Electress Sibyl of Saxony
  • Portrait of the Electress Sibyl of Saxony, 1533
  • DK_SMK_KMSsp726
  • Painting
  • Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Provenance

  • The Royal Art Chamber before 1674
    [Statens Museum for Kunst, revised 2013]

Exhibitions

Copenhagen 2002
Hamburg 2003, No. 56

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 147, fn. 12 under nos. 25, 26
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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Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel 2015 258
EditorJulia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
TitleBild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Gotha, Herzogliches Museum; Kassel, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Schloss Wilhelmshöhe]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
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Poulsen 2015 A 69 Fig. 4
AuthorHanne Kolind Poulsen
TitleCranachs Bildsprache und der neue lutherische Glaube
Publicationin Julia Carrasco, Justus Lange, Benjamin D. Spira, Timo Trümper, Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha and Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel, eds., Bild und Botschaft. Cranach im Dienst von Hof und Reformation, [Exhib. Cat. Gotha, Kassel]
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
Year of Publication2015
Pages63-71
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Poulsen 2007 B 28 Fig.
AuthorHanne Kolind Poulsen
TitleAt brande Frederik 2. om Melchior Lorcks kobberstik-portraet af Frederik 2., Branding king Frederik II
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
Year of Publication2007
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Exhib. Cat. Hamburg 2003 36, 177 056 Pl. 56
EditorBucerius Kunst Forum, Werner Schade
TitleLucas Cranach. Glaube, Mythologie und Moderne [Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg]
Place of PublicationOstfildern-Ruit
Year of Publication2003
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Copenhagen 2002 59-60, 69 No. 39 Fig. p. 60
AuthorHanne Kolind Poulsen
TitleCranach [Statens Museum for Kunst , Copenhagen]
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
Year of Publication2002
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Bünsche 1998 A 61
AuthorBernd Bünsche
TitleDie Verwendung von Lochpausen bei der Anfertigung der Fürstenportraits durch Lucas Cranach den Älteren
Publicationin Ingo Sandner, Wartburg-Stiftung Eisenach and Fachhochschule Köln, ed., Unsichtbare Meisterzeichnungen auf dem Malgrund. Cranach und seine Zeitgenossen, Exhib. Cat. Eisenach
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication1998
Pages61-64
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Gundestrup 1991 372 (Vol. 1) No. 787/642-43
AuthorBente Gundestrup
TitleDet Kongelige danske Kunstkammer 1737 = The Royal Danish Kunstkammer 1737
Volume1-3
Place of PublicationCopenhagen
Year of Publication1991
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 337A
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 under No. 271
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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Technical studies

2013Technical Examination

Support

The support is 2 mm thick and consists of one plank.

The back of the support is painted black.

There are no cracks or wood worm attacks in the plank and it does not warp.

Paint Layers and Gilding

Oil on wood.

There are natural ageing cracks all over the surface.

Framing

Unknown whether the frame is original.

[Mette Kokkenborg, Statens Museum for Kunst, 2013]

  • X-radiography
  • x_radiograph

Condition Reports

Date25.03.2003

  • examined by Henrik Bjerre

Date01. 1966

  • examined by Ole Alkærsig

Date1966

Conservation History

Date03. 2002

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