Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood

A half-length portrait of Friedrich the Wise shown in three-quarter profile facing right against a neutral background. The elector wears a black beret and a fur-trimmed coat and has a greyish-black beard.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions
Master I.S.
Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

Attributions

Master I.S.

[copy of a picture from an auction catalogue Lempertz in the Archive D. Koepplin, 1963/64]

Anonymous Master from the Cranach Workshop

[cda 2014]

Production date
about 1560

Production date

about 1560

[Teget-Welz 2018, 221, 225]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support:

  • 49 x 35 cm

  • [handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the copy of a picture from an auction catalogue Lempertz in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: monogram 'IS'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left edge: monogram 'IS'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P075
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P075/

Provenance

  • auction 472 Lempertz 03.1963, Cologne, No. 51
  • auction 477 Lempertz 04.1964, Cologne, No. 56
    [Handwritten annotation D. Koepplin on the copy of a picture from an auction catalogue Lempertz in the Archive D. Koepplin]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Teget-Welz 2018 210, 211, 215, 217, 221, 227 Fig. 14
AuthorManuel Teget-Welz
TitleVon Gotha in die Ganze Welt. Die Fürstenserie des Monogrammisten IS
Publicationin Klaus Weschenfelder, ed., Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Pages209-228
  • Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, about 1560

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