Portrait of Frederick the Wise

Portrait of Frederick the Wise

Title

Portrait of Frederick the Wise

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 151]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 151]

All the later portraits of Friedrich the Wise draw on the same portrait study (with Moustache and beret), the last one painted by Cranach of the elector. This is the earliest dated specimen. The difference between the portraits from 1525 and this work are the darker hair and beard,

All the later portraits of Friedrich the Wise draw on the same portrait study (with Moustache and beret), the last one painted by Cranach of the elector. This is the earliest dated specimen. The difference between the portraits from 1525 and this work are the darker hair and beard, and the fact that the sitter's hair is not yet completely grey.

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1978, No. 151]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 151]

Production date
1522

Production date

1522

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 46 x 29 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 46 x 29 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 151]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left: serpent with dropped wings and date '1522'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left: serpent with dropped wings and date '1522'

  • [cda 2018]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P223
FR (1978) Nr.
FR151
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P223/

Provenance

  • formerly Schlossmuseum Gotha (Archive, file 3405), part of newly arranged display in 1935
    [Cat. Gotha 2011, 47]
  • recorded as lost, Neumeister
  • private collection, Great Britain
    See also the entry in the Lost Art-database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 110005; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Verlust/110005 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Schuttwolf 2011 47-48 056
AuthorAllmuth Schuttwolf
TitleVerlustdokumentation der Gothaer Kunstsammlungen. Die Gemäldesammlung
Volume2
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication2011
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Exhib. Cat. Gotha 1994 1.37-3
EditorStiftung Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha
TitleGotteswort und Menschenbild. Werke von Cranach und seinen Zeitgenossen
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1994
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 101 151
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Bernhard, Rogner 1965 124
AuthorMarianne Bernhard, Klaus P. Rogner
TitleVerlorene Werke der Malerei. In Deutschland in der Zeit von 1939 bis 1945 zerstörte und verschollene Gemälde
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1965
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 128
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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Cat. Gotha 1890 352
AuthorCarl Aldenhoven
TitleHerzogliches Museum zu Gotha. Katalog der Herzoglichen Gemäldegalerie
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1890
Link https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=28UzusAyldcC&pg=GBS.PP1&hl=de
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