Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony

Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony

Title

Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony

[Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Carlos, revised 2014]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Carlos, revised 2017]

The portrait shows the Saxon Elector, Friedrich III., the Wise, inscribed in Latin at the top edge: 'The word of the Lord remains forever. That word of God wants piety to remain perpetually and for posterity.'

[Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Carlos, revised 2017]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2017]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Carlos, revised 2017]

Production date
after 1532

Production date

after 1532

[cda 2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 81 x 60.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 81 x 60.7 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 96 x 75.4 x 6.6 cm

  • [Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Carlos, revised 2017]

Signature / Dating

keine

Inscriptions and Labels

in Latin at the top edge: 'Verbum domini manet ineternum
Ille dei verbo mira pietate favebat
Perpetua dionus posteritate …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • in Latin at the top edge:

  • 'Verbum domini manet ineternum

  • Ille dei verbo mira pietate favebat

  • Perpetua dionus posteritate coli'

  • [Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Carlos, revised 2017]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • On the reverse of the canvas: - bottom left:

  • handwritten Russian text, black ink: ''

    • bottom right:
  • stenciled, black paint: '3461'

  • paper label: handwritten in black ink: '3461[/] CRanach,Lucas (...) M72-158 [/]HOM.MK. [/] (Russian text...)

    • top left:
  • black circular stamp

  • On the frame:

    • central vertical member:
  • handwritten in blue chalk: 'XI'

  • -right member:

  • handwritten in black paint: 'II'

Owner
Mexico Distrito Federal
Repository
Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
Location
Mexico City
CDA ID
MX_MNSC_6525
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/MX_MNSC_6525/

Provenance

  • It was part of the collections of the Hermitage.
  • Acquired by the Dr. Axel Wenner-Gren Collection.
  • Donated in 1971 to Museo Nacional de San Carlos by the Mexican Government by succession of the Dr. Axel L. Wenner-Gren.
    [Museo Nacional de San Carlos/Insituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, San Carlos, revised 2017]

Exhibitions

Guadalajara 1972
Mexico City 1977
Mexico City 1998
Mexico City 2016

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Conaculta 2000
EditorCONACULTA
TitleGuía del Museo Nacional de San Carlos [Mexico City]
Place of Publication[Mexico City]
Year of Publication2000
Exhib. Cat. Mexico City 1998
AuthorSandra Benito Vélez
EditorCONACULTA
TitleCien obras maestras del Museo Nacional de San Carlos [Museo Nacional de San Carlos, Mexico City]
Place of Publication[Mexico City]
Year of Publication1998
Pijoan 1989
AuthorJosé Pijoan
EditorEspasa Calpe
TitleArte del Renacimiento en el centro y norte de Europa, Summa Artis, Historia General del Arte
VolumeXV
Place of PublicationMadrid
Year of Publication1989
Exhib. Cat. Mexico City 1977
Authorn. a.
TitleArte del Renacimiento. Exposición del Museo Nacionalde San Carlos Cat. II, INBA
Place of Publication[Mexico City]
Year of Publication1977
  • Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony, after 1532

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