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Portrait of the Elector John Frederick of Saxony, bust-length, in a black coat and fur collar, holding a pomegranate in his right hand
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Studio of Lucas Cranach I (1472-1553)
Portrait of the Elector John Frederick of Saxony, bust-length, in a black coat and fur collar, holding a pomegranate in his right hand
with the serpent device and date '1551' (upper left)
oil on panel
8 1/8 x 5 7/8in. (20.6 x 14.9cm.)
Portrait of the Elector John Frederick of Saxony, bust-length, in a black coat and fur collar, holding a pomegranate in his right hand
with the serpent device and date '1551' (upper left)
oil on panel
8 1/8 x 5 7/8in. (20.6 x 14.9cm.)
Sale room notice
We are grateful to Mr. Ludwig Meyer of the Archiv fuer Kunstgeschichte, Munich, for pointing out that another version of the present lot, attributed to Lucas Cranach II, is in the Fuerstenberg Collection, Donaueschingen. Mr Meyer also compares the present lot with a woodcut by Lucas Cranach II, dated 1551, also depicting John Frederick of Saxony (Holstein 35).