Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Koetser Gallery, Zürich, 18.06.2002; Koepplin Archive]

A bust-length portrait of Friedrich III of Saxony facing right, wearing a black cap, a white pleated shirt and doublet with a fur collar. The sitter is shown against a light blue background. Sixteen lines of verse print on paper are stuck to the panel underneath the image, and a

A bust-length portrait of Friedrich III of Saxony facing right, wearing a black cap, a white pleated shirt and doublet with a fur collar. The sitter is shown against a light blue background. Sixteen lines of verse print on paper are stuck to the panel underneath the image, and a piece of paper with letterpress bearing his title is pasted in the top right corner. The woodcut pasted to the back of the panel is a bookplate with the coat-of-arms of the Electors of Saxony by Lucas Cranach and was first used in the Wittenberger Heiligthumsbuch (Wittenberg Reliquary Book).

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Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop

[Letter from D. Koepplin to Koetser Gallery, Zürich, 18.06.2002; Koepplin Archive]

Dating
1533

Dating

1533

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.5 x 14.3 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20.5 x 14.3 cm

  • [Letter from D. Koepplin to Koetser Gallery, Zürich, 18.06.2002; Koepplin Archive]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left: serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1533'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left: serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1533'

Inscriptions

Recto:
- on a separate piece of paper pasted in the upper right corner, three lines of letterpress: 'friderich …

Inscriptions

Inscriptions:

  • Recto:

  • - on a separate piece of paper pasted in the upper right corner, three lines of letterpress: 'friderich der Drit / Chur- // furst und herzog zu // Sachssen'

  • - beneath the image sixteen lines of letterpress in rhyming couplets: 'fridrich bin ich billich genand ...Von dem nicht wand gonst noch gelt.'

  • Verso:

  • - woodcut bearing the Saxon coat of arms (5 x 4 cm)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P459
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P459/

Connected Works1

Portrait of the Elector Johann I, called 'the Steadfast'
  • Portrait of the Elector Johann I, called 'the Steadfast', 1533
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P460
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

Provenance

- private collection, Sweden before 1988
- private collection, Bruges, 1991
- private collection, Switzerland
- Koetser Gallery, Zürich, 2003
[Page from an auction catalogue, Koetser Gallery, Zürich, 2003; Koepplin Archive]

Exhibitions

Stockholm 1988, no. 43

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988 58 043
EditorNationalmuseum, Stockholm
TitleCranach och den tyska renässancen
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1988
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