Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous as Electoral Prince

Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous as Electoral Prince

Title

Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous as Electoral Prince

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 333]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 333]

The portrait depicts Johann Friedrich as a half-length figure against a dark background. The splendour of the electoral prince's attire can hardly be surpassed. Around his neck he wears a multi-rowed chain with a pendant in the shape of a dolphin. On his chest his robe is decorated with bands

The portrait depicts Johann Friedrich as a half-length figure against a dark background. The splendour of the electoral prince's attire can hardly be surpassed. Around his neck he wears a multi-rowed chain with a pendant in the shape of a dolphin. On his chest his robe is decorated with bands set with precious stones forming the letter 'S'. The index finger of his right hand is embellished with a heavy signet ring. His soft velvet hat is crowned with a plaited wreath.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-i-portrait-of-john-frederick-6136743-details.aspx?; accessed 07.04.2020]
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 333]

Production date
about 1528 - 1530

Production date

about 1528 - 1530

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 333]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 62.8 x 39.7 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 62.8 x 39.7 cm

  • [Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-i-portrait-of-john-frederick-6136743-details.aspx?; (accessed 07.04.2020)]

  • Dimensions of support: 63.5 x 40.5 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 333]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

repeated on garment: 'S'

[cda 2014]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • repeated on garment:

  • 'S'

  • [cda 2014]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P033
FR (1978) Nr.
FR333
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P033/

Provenance

  • Christian Wilhelm Schweitzer (1781-1856), Minister of State, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1843-1848), Weimar, 1851
  • Joseph Neustätter, Vienna, c. 1880
  • with Galerie Helbing, Munich, 1922
  • with Kurt Bachstitz, The Hague
  • Fritz Gutmann (1886-1944), Heemstede (Haarlem), purchased from the above 1922, until dispossessed in the Netherlands as a result of Nazi persecution
  • 1940/41 confiscated in Heemstede[1]
  • private collection, United States
  • returned to the heirs of Fritz Gutmann, 2018, pursuant to a settlement agreement between the parties which resolves any dispute over title
  • 19.04.2018 sold at Christie's New York, sale 15654, lot 7

[1] [See also the entry in the Lost Art-database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 417323; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Verlust/417323; accessed 26.02.2015]

[Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-i-portrait-of-john-frederick-6136743-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6136743; accessed 07.04.2020]

Exhibitions

The Hague 1922, no. 18
Rotterdam 1938, no. 28

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 333
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Rotterdam 1938 28
Authorn. a.
TitleMeesterwerken uit vier Eeuwen. 1400 - 1800 [Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen]
Place of PublicationRotterdam
Year of Publication1938
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 276
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
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. The Hague 1922 18
AuthorMax Friedlaender
EditorBachstitz Gallery, The Hague
TitleThe Hague : exhibition of primitiv masters [Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague, 10.1922]
Place of PublicationThe Hague
Year of Publication1922
Show Literature
Schuchardt 1851 C 130-131 415
AuthorChristian Schuchardt
TitleLucas Cranach des Aeltern Leben und Werke. Zweiter Theil
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1851
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/schuchardt1851bd2
Show Literature
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