Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

Title

Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

[cda 2024]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Auct. Cat. Berlin 1918 B, lot 269]

A half-length portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, in a white shirt, fur-lined coat and black hat. He wears a ring on the index finger of his right hand.

[cda 2024]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Auct. Cat. Berlin 1918 B, lot 269]

Production date
about 1532

Production date

about 1532

? [cda 2024]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 53 x 48 cm

Dimensions

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left, label (printed paper on panel):
    'Johans der Erst: Chur- | furst vnd Hertzog zu | Sachssen.'

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left, label (printed paper on panel):

  • 'Johans der Erst: Chur- | furst vnd Hertzog zu | Sachssen.'

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P634
FR (1978) Nr.
FR338D
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P634/

Provenance

  • sold at Hugo Helbing, Munich, 12.05.1910, lot 11
    [Auct. Cat. Munich 1910, lot 11](http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/di
    glit/helbing1910_05_12/0009)
  • then in the collection of Wilhelm Trübner, Karlsruhe
  • sold as part of the Trübner estate at Lepke, Berlin, 05.06.1918, lot 269
    [Auct. Cat. Berlin 1918 B, lot 269]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 338D
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 79 272 (mentioned 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
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Auct. Cat. Berlin 1918 B 72 269
EditorRudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus
TitleNachlass Wilhelm Trübner: Versteigerung (Nr. 1806c): Gemälde alter Meister, Gobelins, antike Teppiche und Möbel: Versteigerung: Mittwoch, den 5. Juni 1918 [Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin]
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1918
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16995
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Cicerone 1918 222
Authorn. a.
TitleStattgehabte Versteigerungen
JournalDer Cicerone
Issue13/14
Year of Publication1918
Link 0240
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Kunstchronik 1918 243
Authorn. a.
TitlePreise der Trübner-Auktion bei Lepke am 4. und 5. Juni 1918
JournalKunstchronik und Kunstmarkt : Wochenschrift für Kenner und Sammler
IssueXV, Nr. 35
Year of Publication1918
Link 0253
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Auct. Cat. Munich 1910 3 011
EditorHugo Helbing
TitleÖlgemälde alter Meister: Sammlung des Herrn Gutsbesitzers A. G. in B. ; Auktion in München in der Galerie Helbing, 12. Mai 1910, [Hugo Helbing, Munich]
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication1910
Link https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20500
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Kunstchronik 1910 320
Authorn. a.
TitleAuktionsergebnisse
JournalKunstchronik und Kunstmarkt : Wochenschrift für Kenner und Sammler
IssueVII, Nr. 37
Year of Publication1910
Link 0328
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Kunstchronik 1910 421
Authorn. a.
TitleStattgehabte Auktionen
JournalKunstchronik und Kunstmarkt : Wochenschrift für Kenner und Sammler
Issue11
Year of Publication1910
Link 0475
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Research History / Discussion

The measurements (76 x 48 cm) of the panel and an illustration showing a text block at the lower third confirms that the panel had not yet been cropped when it was sold at Helbing's in 1910. The illustration still shows the text at the lower third of the panel [Auct. Cat. Munich 1910, lot 11]. By the time it was sold at Lepke's in 1918 as part of the Trübner estate the text had been removed. [Auct. Cat. Berlin 1918, lot 269].

[cda 2024]

  • Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, about 1532

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