John Frederick the Younger, Duke of Saxony

John Frederick the Younger, Duke of Saxony

Titles

John Frederick the Younger, Duke of Saxony

[Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, no. 44]

Duke Johann Friedrich III. of Saxony

[Teget-Welz 2018, 221]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2021]

Painting on pear or beech wood

[Schuttwolf 2011, 88, no. 254]

The painting shows a half-length portrait of Johann Friedrich III the Younger, Duke of Saxony against a neutral blue background, facing to his right with his arms folded in front of him. He is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak over a black embroidered tunic and a white pleated shirt with

The painting shows a half-length portrait of Johann Friedrich III the Younger, Duke of Saxony against a neutral blue background, facing to his right with his arms folded in front of him. He is wearing a fur-trimmed cloak over a black embroidered tunic and a white pleated shirt with a high collar. Two long chains hang around his neck.

[cda 2021]

Attribution
Master I.S.

Attribution

Master I.S.

[Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, no. 44] [Exhib. Cat. St Petersburg 2016, no. 43] [Schuttwolf 2011, 88, no. 254]

Production dates
about 1560
1540 - 1570

Production dates

about 1560

[Teget-Welz 2018, 221, 225]

1540 - 1570

second third of the 16th century [Exhib. Cat. St Petersburg 2016, 187, no. 43] [Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, 148]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 47 x 34 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 47 x 34 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, no. 44]

Signature / Dating

Artist's monogram in the top left corner: 'IS' (linked)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's monogram in the top left corner: 'IS' (linked)

Owner
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Repository
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Location
Moscow
CDA ID
RU_SMBKPM_934
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/RU_SMBKPM_934/

Provenance

  • recorded in the inventory of the collection in Gotha from 1644, fol. 1
  • recorded in the inventory of the collection in Gotha from 1656, fol. 2
  • recorded in 1890 in Aldenhoven's catalogue of the Herzoglichen Gemäldegalerie zu Gotha, no. 373
  • 1932, auction at Ball and Graupe, Berlin, no. 32, pl. 7 (not sold)
    [Schuttwolf 2011, 88, no. 254]
  • Puschkin-Museum Moscow from about 1946
    [Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016, 149, nos. 38-46]

Exhibitions

St Petersburg 2016, no. 43
Moscow 2016, no. 44

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Coburg 2018 221 Fig. 17
AuthorKlaus Weschenfelder
TitleCranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
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Teget-Welz 2018
AuthorManuel Teget-Welz
TitleVon Gotha in die Ganze Welt. Die Fürstenserie des Monogrammisten IS
Publicationin Klaus Weschenfelder, ed., Cranach in Coburg. Gemälde von Lucas Cranach d.Ä., Lucas Cranach d.J., der Werkstatt und des Umkreises in den Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg
Place of PublicationRegensburg
Year of Publication2018
Pages209-228
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Exhib. Cat. Moscow 2016 155 044 Fig.
EditorThe Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
TitleKranachi: mezdi Renessansom i Man'erizmom / The Cranachs. Between the renaissance and mannerism
Place of PublicationMoscow
Year of Publication2016
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Exhib. Cat. St. Petersburg 2016 187 043 Fig.
AuthorMaria Pavlovna Garlova
EditorThe State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
TitleKranachi: mezdi Renessansom i Man'erizmom / The Cranachs. Between the renaissance and mannerism
Place of PublicationSt. Petersburg
Year of Publication2016
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Schuttwolf 2011 88 254
AuthorAllmuth Schuttwolf
TitleVerlustdokumentation der Gothaer Kunstsammlungen. Die Gemäldesammlung
Volume2
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication2011
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Auct. Cat. Berlin 1932 12 032 Pl. 7
EditorHermann Ball, Paul Graupe
TitleNeunzig Gemälde alter Meister aus einer fürstlichen Sammlung Mitteldeutschlands: Gemälde und Kunstgewerbe aus verschiedenem Besitz (Katalog Nr. 19) [Hermann Ball, Paul Graupe, Berlin, 10. Dezember 1932]
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/ball_graupe1932_12_10
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Cat. Gotha 1890 377
AuthorCarl Aldenhoven
TitleHerzogliches Museum zu Gotha. Katalog der Herzoglichen Gemäldegalerie
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1890
Link https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=28UzusAyldcC&pg=GBS.PP1&hl=de
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Rathgeber 1835 192 010
AuthorGeorg Rathgeber
TitleBeschreibung der Herzoglichen Gemälde-Galerie zu Gotha
Place of PublicationGotha
Year of Publication1835
Link https://dhb.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/ufb_cbu_00011801
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  • John Frederick the Younger, Duke of Saxony, about 1560

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