Portrait of Johannes the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Title

[Cat. Otterlo 1969, 38-39]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Klein, Report 1998]
[Cat. Otterlo 1969, 38-39]

The elector wears a black robe with a broad fur collar and a beret of the same colour. He has black cutlets. On the thumb of his left hand he wears a single ring. He is shown in front of a green font facing left.

[Görres, cda 2012]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005, 436] [Cat. Otterlo 1969, 38-39]

Production date: 1526

Production date

1526

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 54 x 38 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 54 x 38 cm
[Cat. Otterlo 1969, 38-39]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia above the shoulder: winged serpent and dated '1526'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the shoulder: winged serpent and dated '1526'

Inscriptions and Labels

top left in yellow roman capitals the distich:
'HAEC DVCIS GERIT VVLTVS
QUE TABELLA IOHANNIS
SAXONIAM PLACIDA QVI MODO

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- top left in yellow roman capitals the distich:
'HAEC DVCIS GERIT VVLTVS
QUE TABELLA IOHANNIS
SAXONIAM PLACIDA QVI MODO
PACE REGIT'
[Cat. Otterlo 1969, 38-39]

Owner: Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Repository: Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Location: Otterlo

CDA ID: NL_KMMO_KM111-236
FR (1978) Nr.: FR311B
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/NL_KMMO_KM111-236/

Provenance

Art dealer Drey, Munich, November 1919
[Cat. Otterlo 1969, 38-39]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Coburg 2018

172

under no. 37

Author	Klaus Weschenfelder
Title	Cranach 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 Publication	Regensburg
Year of Publication	2018

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Kolb 2015 B

183, 186, 192

Author	Karin Kolb
Title	Carl Heinrich von Heineken und die Cranach-Rezeption im 18. Jahrhundert
Publication	in Kulturstiftung Dessau-Wörlitz, ed., Cranach im Gotischen Haus in Wörlitz, Exhib. Cat. Wörlitz
Place of Publication	Munich
Year of Publication	2015
Pages	179-193

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Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz 2005

436

under No. 35

Fig. 194

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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Kolb 2005 A

139, 170 Fn. 129

Fig. 60

Author	Karin Kolb
Title	Cranach - Die Gemälde in Dresden und ihre Geschichte
Publication	in Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2005
Pages	112-173

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Kolb 2005 C

536

Author	Karin Kolb
Title	Dokumentation zum Dresdener Cranach-Bestand
Publication	in Harald Marx, Ingrid Mössinger, Karin Kolb, eds., Cranach. Gemälde aus Dresden, Exhib. Cat. Chemnitz
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2005
Pages	526-572

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

311B

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Cat. Otterlo 1969

38-39

Editor	Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Title	Paintings of the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller
Place of Publication	Otterlo
Year of Publication	1969

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

under No. 250

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Portrait of Johannes the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, 1526

Images

Documents

NL_KMMO_KM111-236_FR311B_1998_analysis-report-001.pdf

Technical studies

27.04.1998Scientific analysis

Dendrochronology / identification of wood species

NL_KMMO_KM111-236_FR311B_1998_analysis-report-001.pdf

Support

Identification of wood species: beech wood

Plank I: 135 annual rings, 1519 - 1385; plank II: 155 annual rings, 1523 - 1369

Youngest annual ring: 1523

[Klein Report, 27.04.1998]

analysed by Peter Klein

Support made from the same tree

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