Portrait of Duke August of Saxony, subsequently Elector

Portrait of Duke August of Saxony, subsequently Elector

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, no. 427]

This panel together with its pendant shows portraits of August (b. 1526, 1553 successor of his brother Moritz as Elector of Saxony) and his wife Anna of Denmark (b. 1532) as a recently married couple. Their wedding was held on the 7th of October 1548.

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, nos.

This panel together with its pendant shows portraits of August (b. 1526, 1553 successor of his brother Moritz as Elector of Saxony) and his wife Anna of Denmark (b. 1532) as a recently married couple. Their wedding was held on the 7th of October 1548.

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, nos. 427, 428]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Younger

[Christie's online database, accessed 22.11.2021] [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, no. 427]

Dating
1549

Dating

1549

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 62.5 x 47.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 62.5 x 47.5 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, no. 427]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1549'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent (with dropped wings) and dated '1549'

Inscriptions

Inscription on the letter held by the Duke:
'Dem erbaren unsernn Lucas Malernn zu'
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, …

Inscriptions

Inscriptions:

  • Inscription on the letter held by the Duke:

  • 'Dem erbaren unsernn Lucas Malernn zu'

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, no. 427]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P208
FR (1978) Nr.
FR427
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P208/

Connected Works1

Portrait of Anna of Denmark, Wife of Duke Augustus of Saxony
  • Portrait of Anna of Denmark, Wife of Duke Augustus of Saxony, 1549
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P209
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

Provenance

- 1924 art market, Paris
- 31.03.1925 auction F. Muller & Co., Amsterdam
- donated to the Denver Art Museum in 1949
[Schaeffer 1949, 14]
- Sold at Christie's, New York, 31.01.1997, lot 108
[Christie's online database, accessed 22.11.2021]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 427 Fig.
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Schaeffer 1949 14
AuthorCornelia Schaeffer
TitlePortrayed by Cranach
JournalThe Art Digest
Issue23, 15.03.1949
Year of Publication1949
Link https://archive.org/details/sim_arts-magazine_1949-03-15_23_12
Pages14
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 93 345 Fig.
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
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