CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
(b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar)

Portrait of Elector Friedrich III the Wise of Saxony

after 1532
Oil on panel, 80 x 49 cm
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

The posthumous portrait of Elector Friedrich III the Wise of Saxony (1463-1525) is the companion-piece to the portrait of Friedrich's brother, the Elector Johann (b. 1468). It was one of the side panels of a triptych.




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