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] |
- Production date
- 1549
Production date
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 and Labels
Inscription on the letter held by the Duke:
'Dem erbaren unsernn Lucas Malernn zu'
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 157, …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
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/