This large scale half length portrait shows the Elector Johann Friedrich I against a blue background facing to his left. He is wearing a white garment with a high collar beneath an elaborate black tunic. A fur-trimmed cloak and a black beret with three golden pendant chains complete his outfit.
This large scale half length portrait shows the Elector Johann Friedrich I against a blue background facing to his left. He is wearing a white garment with a high collar beneath an elaborate black tunic. A fur-trimmed cloak and a black beret with three golden pendant chains complete his outfit. He is wearing a ring on the index finger of his right hand and has a chain with an ornate pendant around his neck.
[cda 2020]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop | [Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/lucas-cranach-i-and-studio-portrait-4752128-details.aspx?; accessed 01.05.2020] |
- Production date
- 1535
Production date
| 1535 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 59.7 x 37.8 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 59.7 x 37.8 cm
[Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/lucas-cranach-i-and-studio-portrait-4752128-details.aspx?; accessed 01.05.2020]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1535'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the top right: serpent with dropped wings, facing left and dated '1535'
[Christie's online database: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/lucas-cranach-i-and-studio-portrait-4752128-details.aspx?; accessed 01.05.2020]
- Owner
- Private Collection
- Repository
- Private Collection
- CDA ID
- PRIVATE_NONE-P345
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR335A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P345/
