Frederick the Wise
Lucas Cranach the Elder
(Kronach 1472 - 1553 Weimar)
FREDERICK III (THE WISE), ELECTOR OF SAXONY
Wittenberg, dated 1532
Signature: signet of serpent with upright wings to the right
Panel painting, oil on hardwood
Height: 20 cm, width: 14.7 cm
Printed inscriptions:
Upper right: "Friderich der Dritt/ Chur=Furst und Herzog zu Sachssen",
lower half of the picture with verses about the merits of Frederick the Wise
Catalogue raisonné CORPUS CRANACH No.: CC-POR-160-069 - C1
Provenance: Edmund Count de Pourtalès (* April 6, 1828 in Paris; † March 23, 1895 in Cannes) | auction Gallery Fischer, Lucerne, November 23-25, 1932 as part of the inventory of Mauensee Castle, lot 1052 | until 2017 private collection, Switzerland