Frederick III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Frederick III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

Title

Frederick III the Wise, Elector of Saxony

[Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, online database, accessed 04.04.2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, online database, accessed 04.04.2022]

The signed portrait complies with the common basic pattern employed for the many portraits of Friedrich III produced by the Cranach workshop about 1532: the elector is depicted against a blue background, facing right, he wears a black beret and a fur trimmed coat over a white shirt; the grey

The signed portrait complies with the common basic pattern employed for the many portraits of Friedrich III produced by the Cranach workshop about 1532: the elector is depicted against a blue background, facing right, he wears a black beret and a fur trimmed coat over a white shirt; the grey tone of his hair and beard indicate the advanced years of the sitter. At the top right here is an inscription printed on a piece of paper identifying the sitter. Remnants of the paper from the printed eulogy that was usually attached to this type of portrait are still visible along the bottom edge.

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Attribution
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, online database, accessed 04.04.2022]

Production date
1532

Production date

1532

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 16.83 x 16.83 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia above the sitter's right shoulder: serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated above '1532'; in black paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia above the sitter's right shoulder: serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated above '1532'; in black paint

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top right: printed on paper and glued to the panel:
    'Friderich der Drit/ Chur- // furst und Hertzog zu …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top right:

  • printed on paper and glued to the panel:

  • 'Friderich der Drit/ Chur- // furst und Hertzog zu // Sachssen'

Owner
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Repository
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Location
Pittsburgh
CDA ID
US_cmoa_64-11-11
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_cmoa_64-11-11/

Provenance

  • Frederick III the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1532

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Condition Reports

Date05.04.2022

The panel has evidently been cropped at some stage as the usual text attached beneath the portrait has been removed. Only fragmentary remains suggest where it once may have been.

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Entry with no author
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