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Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous (r. 1532-1547) commissioned from Lucas Cranach in 1532 sixty portrait pairs. The commission coincided with Johann Friedrich's assumption of electoral office after the death of his father Johann I, the Constant. Cranach and his workshop completed the series in 1533.
The present pair, small posthumous portraits, depict the brothers and Saxon electors Friedrich III, the Wise (1463-1525), and Johann I, the Constant (1468-1532), in bust length against a light blue background. The name of the sitters and laudatory poems are printed (not painted) on pieces of paper that have been pasted down on the panels.
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