Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland (Zygmunt I. Stary)

Title

[cda 2018]

Painting on copper plate

Painting on copper plate

[Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018]

Portrait of Sigismund I (1467-1548), King of Poland, from the Jagiellonian dynasty

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018]

about 1553-1556

[Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia lower left: winged serpent with dropped wings, in yellow paint

Artist's insignia lower left: winged serpent with dropped wings, in yellow paint

the series of ten portraits of members of the Jagiellonian dynasty was probably commissioned from Cranach the Younger by King Sigmund II Augustus
the series is now in the Czartoryskich collection, which belongs to the Nationalmuseum of Krakow
[Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, revised 2018]

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