Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Expertise, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, 15.02.2021]

Posthumous portrait of the Elector, in three-quarter profile facing right, against a blue-green background, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and a black beret.

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2021]

Production dates
after 1532
1532

Production dates

after 1532

[cda 2021]

1532

[dated, not genuine]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 13 x 13 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 13 x 13 cm

  • [Expertise, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, 15.02.2021]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left above the shoulder: serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1532'; (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the left above the shoulder: serpent with elevated wings, facing right and dated '1532'; (not genuine)

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P522
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P522/

Provenance

  • private collection, Rheinland
  • Senger Bamberg Kunsthandel, 1995
  • Dr. Konrad Wiegand, Coburg, 1996
  • private collection, Germany, 2021
    [Expertise, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, 15.02.2021]
  • Friedrich III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, after 1532

Images

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  • reverse

Condition Reports

Date15.02.2021

  • the panel is damaged, in particular along the top, bottom and right edges; the damage was probably caused when it was cut down

  • little original paint preserved; extensively overpainted with oil paint

[Expertise, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, 15.02.2021]

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