Portrait of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, small half-length, in a black costume with a white collar, a fur coat and a black hat

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Circle of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar)
Portrait of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, small half-length, in a black costume with a white collar, a fur coat and a black hat
inscribed '.CHRISTO . SACRUM. ILLE.DEI.VERBO.MAGNA.PIETATE.FAVERAT. .PERPETVA.DIGNUS.POSTERITAE.COL I D.FRIDR.DUCI.SAXON.S.R.IMP. .ARCHIM.ELECTORI. .M.D.XXIIII' (lower centre)
oil on panel
35.8 x 23.4 cm.

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Lot Essay

The composition follows that of the left wing of the triptych by Cranach of 1535 depicting the Saxon Electors Frederick the Wise, John the Steadfast and John Frederick the Magnanimous (Hamburg, Kunsthalle); besides the number of studio and contemporary replicas of all three portraits, the present composition was also engraved by Dürer.

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