Portrait of Duke George of Saxony

Title

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 413A]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Allentown Art Museum online database; accessed 18-07-2019] (http://collections.allentownartmuseum.org/results.php?module=objects&type=browse&id=19&term=Cranach%2C+Lucas%2C+the+elder+%28probably+studio%29&page=1)

This half-length portrait depicts George the Bearded against a blue background. He is shown facing to his left in dark attire, which accentuates both his whitish-grey beard and the chain around his neck from the Order of the Golden Fleece.

[cda 2019]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop	[Heydenreich, Koepplin, Waterman, Christie's online, accessed 04.07.2025] [cda 2024] [Maryan Ainsworth, museum files ( Allentown Art Museum), 1990]
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder	'probably studio' [Allentown Art Museum online database; accessed 18-07-2019]
Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 413A] [Auct. Cat. Berlin 1917, no. 14]

Production dates: about 1535 - 1539
about 1534

Production dates

about 1535 - 1539	[cda 2024]
about 1534	[Allentown Art Museum online database; accessed 18-07-2019]
1537 - 1539	[Koepplin, Christie's online, accessed 04.07.2025]
after 1537	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 413A]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 35.9 x 23.2 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 35.9 x 23.2 cm
[Allentown Art Museum online database; accessed 18-07-2019]

Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: US_AAMP_1961-005-000
FR (1978) Nr.: FR413A
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/US_AAMP_1961-005-000/

Provenance

auction L. Knaus, Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus Berlin, 30.10.1917, no. 14
[Auct. Cat. Berlin 1917, no. 14]
1932 Bromberg Collection, Hamburg
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 413A]
art dealer F. Kleinberger (Allan Loebl) and Dr. Hans Wendland, Paris, before 20.12.1938 - 29.05.1939
[Lostart, accessed 21.11.2024]
purchase in 1961 by the Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Paul Foundation for Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania
[Allentown Art Museum online database; accessed 18-07-2019]
in 2024 the Allentown Art Museum and the Bromberg family reached an agreement regarding the family's ownership claims
[Lostart, accessed 21.11.2024]
sold at Christie's, New York, 05.02.2025, lot 3
[Christie's online, accessed 04.07.2025]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Bowley 2024

Author	Graham Bowley
Title	Museum to part with Cranach portrait sold as owner fled the Nazis
Journal	The New York Times
Issue	26.08.2024
Year of Publication	2024
Link	https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/arts/design/cranach-portrait-nazis-allentown-museum.html

Show Literature

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

413A

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

Show Literature

Auct. Cat. Berlin 1917

014

pl. 7

Editor	Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus
Title	Katalog / Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin: Gemälde und Handzeichnungen alter Meister aus dem Nachlass Prof. Ludwig Knaus, Berlin: Versteigerung: Dienstag, den 30. Oktober 1917
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1917
Link	https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.15999

Show Literature

Research History / Discussion

The painting is listed in the Lost Art Database: [Lostart, accessed 21.11.2024]

Other similar versions of the portrait include: [DE_WSE_M0075], [DE_MdbKL_43] and [DE_BStGS_WAF168]

[cda 2024]

Portrait of Duke George of Saxony, about 1535 - 1539

Images

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