Sigismund II. Augustus, King of Poland (Zygmunt II August)

Sigismund II. Augustus, King of Poland (Zygmunt II August)

Title

Sigismund II. Augustus, King of Poland (Zygmunt II August)

[cda 2018]

Painting on copper plate

Medium

Painting on copper plate

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Portrait of Sigismund II Augustus (1520-1572), King of Poland, from the Jagiellonian dynasty

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Production date
about 1850

Production date

about 1850

'Middle of 19th century' [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20 x 19 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20 x 19 cm

  • [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Signature / Dating

none

Owner
Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu
Repository
Muzeum Zamek w Goluchowie
Location
Goluchów
CDA ID
PL_MNP_Mo1123
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNP_Mo1123/

Provenance

  • in the collection of Adolf Cichowski (1794-1854) in Paris, before 1852
  • from 1858/1859 in the collection of Isabella Czartoryska Dzialynska in Paris and then in Goluchów (Goluchów Castle).
  • in 1940 transferred to Posen (Poznan)
  • 1942/1943 transported to Germany
  • confiscated by the USSR
  • returned to Posen (Poznan) from Moscow 1946
    [Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu, revised 2018]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Kalinka 1852 34
AuthorWalerian Kalinka
TitleZbiory starożytności polskich w Paryżu
JournalPrzegląd Poznański
Place of PublicationPoznań
Issue15
Year of Publication1852
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Research History / Discussion

The miniatures in Posen are copies after a series of ten portraits of members of the Jagiellonian dynasty in the National Museum Krakow, which was probably commissioned from Cranach the Younger by Sigismund II Augustus.

  • Sigismund II. Augustus, King of Poland (Zygmunt II August), about 1850

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