Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

Title

[cda 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[ Auktionshaus Neumeister Catalogue, Munich, 01.07.2015, Lot 356]

A bust-length portrait of Johann Friedrich (1503-1554) against a pale background, facing right, wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and a hat with a plume and with his hands folded in front of his stomach.

[cda 2015]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Younger
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Younger	[catalogue Auktionshaus Neumeister, Munich, 01.07.2015, Lot 356]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	[letter from Auktionshaus Neumeister, Munich in the Archive D. Koepplin, 2012]

Production date: after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Koepplin, in: catalogue Auktionshaus Neumeister, Munich, 01.07.2015, Lot 356]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support:

Dimensions

Dimensions of support:
64 x 48.5 cm
[catalogue Auktionshaus Neumeister, Munich, 01.07.2015, Lot 356]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with dropped wings)

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with dropped wings)

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P080
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P080/

Provenance

until 1945 Collection Willy Sachs, Schweinfurt
Central Collecting Point Munich (No. 15899)
1948 restitution of the Painting to Willy Sachs
Collection Ernst W. Sachs, Munich
Private Collection in South Germany
01.07.2015 auctioned at Neumeister, Munich, Lot 356
[catalogue Auktionshaus Neumeister, Munich, 01.07.2015, Lot 356]

Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony, after 1537

Images

Technical studies

05. 2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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