Portrait of Duke George of Saxony

Title

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

The painting depicts a half-length portrait of George the Bearded, facing right against a neutral background. He is wearing a dark coloured garment that emphasizes his square clipped beard, and a chain with a pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2019]

Production date: after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[cda 2019]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 65 x 48 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 65 x 48 cm
[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia left: winged serpent with dropped wings, facing left
[cda 2014]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P043
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P043/

Provenance

private collection Hamburg
possession of the Princess of Sachsen - Meiningen
[Max J. Friedländer Archive]

Research History / Discussion

Although the painting is documented with an illustration in the Max J. Friedländer Archive, it was neither included in the 1932 edition of the catalogue raisonné nor in the new edition of 1979. The previous assumption that this work was FR413A is incorrect.

[cda 2024]

Portrait of Duke George of Saxony, after 1537

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