Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

Title

Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2021]

The painting shows a half-length portrait of Johann Friedrich against a neutral background, facing right. The elector is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and an embellished black gown over a white pleated shirt. His short brown hair is concealed under a beret decorated with a feather. A gold chain hangs around

The painting shows a half-length portrait of Johann Friedrich against a neutral background, facing right. The elector is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak and an embellished black gown over a white pleated shirt. His short brown hair is concealed under a beret decorated with a feather. A gold chain hangs around his neck and he is wearing a signet ring on the thumb of his left hand.

[cda 2021]

Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 337B]

Production date
after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 337B]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: no information available

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: no information available

Signature / Dating

The pendant is signed

Signature / Dating

  • The pendant is signed

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P493
FR (1978) Nr.
FR337B
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P493/

Provenance

  • in the Collection of Marczell Nemes (Munich)
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 337B]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 337B
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 79 271 (under)
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
Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

Although numerous versions of these double portraits are known to have been produced in the Cranach workshop between c. 1530 and 1540 the facial features in this painting most closely resemble those of a small format painting in the Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg [DE_LMA_356] and a small format version of a later date (albeit without pendant) in the Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn [EE_AMET_VM683]. Also very similar in this respect are two slightly earlier large format versions (both without pendant), one in a private collection [PRIVATE_NONE-P345] and the other - where the sitter is shown holding a sword - in the Gemäldegalerie Berlin [DE_smbGG_590].

[cda 2021]

Connected Works

Portrait of Sibylle of Cleve
  • Portrait of Sibylle of Cleve, after 1537
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P492
  • Painting
  • Private Collection
  • Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony, after 1537

Images

Compare images
  • overall
  • overall
  • overall

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

Entry with author
<author's name>, 'Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P493/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})
Entry with no author
'Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony', <title of document, data entry or image>. [<Date of document, entry or image>], in: Cranach Digital Archive, https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P493/ (Accessed {{dateAccessed}})

Help us to improve the Cranach Digital Archive.

Please contact us, if you have noticed a mistake.