Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood,
text in gold on paper

Medium

Painting on wood,
text in gold on paper

[letter to D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2000]

A half-length portrait of Friedrich the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1463 - 1525), facing right, against a light background. He wears a black beret and a fur-lined overcoat.

[Görres, cda 2014]

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

'gute Werkstattarbeit aus der Werkstatt Lucas Cranachs des Älteren' (well done workshop piece from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder)
[letter D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2000]

Production date: 1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

Dimensions of support:
20.3 x 14.2 cm
[letter to D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2000]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1532'

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with elevated wings) and dated '1532'

Inscriptions and Labels

top right:
'Vonn Gottes gnaden Frie
derich der dritte Churfürst
und Herogk zu Sachsen'

Bottom: 'FRIEDRICH bin ich billig genandt

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- top right:
'Vonn Gottes gnaden Frie
derich der dritte Churfürst
und Herogk zu Sachsen'
Bottom:
'FRIEDRICH bin ich billig genandt
Schönen frid ich erhielt im Land.
Durch gros vernunfft, Weisheit vnd glück
Wieder manchen ertzbosenn tück.
Das Landt Ich zieret mit gebew
Und Stifft ein hohe Schul auffs neu
Zu Wittembergk im Sachssenlandt
Inn der welt die war bekandt.
Denn aus derselbn kam Gottes wort
Und thet gros ding an manchem ort
Das Bapstliche Reich stürzt es nieder
Und bracht den rechten glauben wieder.
Zum Keyser ward erkorn ich
Dafur ich Keyser Carln erwehlt,
Von dem mich nicht wandt gunst noch geldt.'
[cda 2014]

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

On the reverse: - four unidentified seals amonst others with initials 'KE' and 'TP'
- label with a woodcut of the coat-of-arms of Johann the Steadfast
[letter to D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2000]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P073
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P073/

Connected Works

Provenance

14.04.1877 Christie's London, Lot 646 (sold with Lot 647, Portrait of Johann the Steadfast)
1932 art-dealer Vicars Brothers, London, Lot 647 (in one frame with a Portrait of Johann the Steadfast)
30.11.1979 Christie's London, Lot 33
19.02.1986 Sotheby's London, Lot 84, not sold
art-dealer Douwes, Amsterdam
2000 Private Collection, Netherlands
[letter to D. Koepplin in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2000]

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1532

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