Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

[cda 2019]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed 27-03-2019]

After the death of Friedrich III the Wise in 1525 his brother and successor Johann the Steadfast commissioned a series of portraits of the deceased, which were executed in the Cranach workshop by various employees. These small format portraits depict Friedrich III as a half-length figure, wearing a brown fur

After the death of Friedrich III the Wise in 1525 his brother and successor Johann the Steadfast commissioned a series of portraits of the deceased, which were executed in the Cranach workshop by various employees. These small format portraits depict Friedrich III as a half-length figure, wearing a brown fur cloak and a white shirt with a dark beret on his head. Later this type was used again, frequently as a companion piece to portraits of Elector Johann who by that time had also died.

[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed 27-03-2019]

Attributions
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2019]

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed 27-03-2019]

Production date
after 1525

Production date

after 1525

[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed 27-03-2019]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19 x 12.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 19 x 12.5 cm

  • [Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed 27-03-2019]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscription at upper right: 'Friderich der Drit / Churfürst und Herzog zu Sachssen.'
[Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Inscription at upper right: 'Friderich der Drit / Churfürst und Herzog zu Sachssen.'

  • [Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed 27-03-2019]

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P279
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P279/

Provenance

  • 17.05.2008 auctioned at Lempertz, Cologne, auction 920, lot 1025
    [Lempertz online database: https://www.lempertz.com/de/kataloge/lot/920-1/1025-lucas-cranach-d-ae-werkstatt.html; accessed 27-03-2019]
  • Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, after 1525

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