Portrait of Frederick III

Title

[The John and Mable Ringing Museum of Art, revised 2014]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, revised 2014]

A half-length portrait of Friedrich the Wise shown in three-quarter profile facing right against a neutrale background. The elector wears a black beret and a fur-trimmed coat and has a greyish-black beard.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attribution: Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2014]

Production date: 1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 20.8 x 14.61 cm (8.2 x 5.75 in.)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 20.8 x 14.61 cm (8.2 x 5.75 in.)
[The John and Mable Ringing Museum of Art, revised 2014]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia to the left of the sitter's head: winged serpent with '1532' above

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia to the left of the sitter's head: winged serpent with '1532' above
[The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, revised 2014]

Owner: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota
Repository: Unknown

CDA ID: US_RMAS-Lost_SN309
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/US_RMAS-Lost_SN309/

Provenance

Émile Gavet (1829-1904), Paris
sold in or after 1889 and before 1895 to William K. Vanderbilt (1849-1920) and Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt (1853-1933, from 1896, Mrs. Oliver Belmont) and installed in the Gothic Room of Marble House, Newport, Rhode Island
sold in 1927 by Mrs. Belmont through Duveen Brothers, New York, to John Ringling (1866-1936), Sarasota, Florida
bequest to the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, upon John Ringling's death in 1936
Art Loss Register Database Reference: N10.045
[The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, revised 2014]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Sarasota 1949

257-258

Author	William E. Suida
Title	A Catalogue of Paintings in the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Place of Publication	Sarasota
Year of Publication	1949

Show Literature

Cat. Sarasota 1942

Author	C. N. Vilas, N. R. Vilas
Title	The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Place of Publication	Sarasota
Year of Publication	1942

Show Literature

Portrait of Frederick III, 1532

Images

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