Portrait of the Elector Johann I, called 'the Steadfast'

Portrait of the Elector Johann I, called 'the Steadfast'

Title

Portrait of the Elector Johann I, called 'the Steadfast'

[cda 2020]

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 Elector Johann I., called the Steadfast against a blue background. He is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and a black beret. Two columns of eighteen lines of verse print on paper are stuck to the panel underneath the image, and a piece of paper with letterpress bearing

A bust-length portrait of Elector Johann I., called the Steadfast against a blue background. He is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and a black beret. Two columns of eighteen 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 left corner.

[cda 2020]

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]

Production date
1533

Production date

1533

[Pendant dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 20.2 x 14.2 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 20.2 x 14.2 cm

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

Signature / Dating

Pendant signed with the artist's insignia

Signature / Dating

  • Pendant signed with the artist's insignia

Inscriptions and Labels

Recto:

  • on a separate piece of paper pasted in the upper left corner, two lines of letterpress: 'Johans der Erst …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Recto:

    • on a separate piece of paper pasted in the upper left corner, two lines of letterpress: 'Johans der Erst / Churfurst // vnd Hertzog zu Sachssen.'
    • beneath the image two columns of verse in rhyming couplets: 'Nach meines lieben bruders end // Bleib auff mir das gantz Regimend.//... Es zürne Teuffel odder welt // .Den sieg er doch zu letzt behelt.'
Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P460
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P460/

Connected Works

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony
  • Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1533
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P459
  • 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. 44

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988 58 044
EditorNationalmuseum, Stockholm
TitleCranach och den tyska renässancen
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1988
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