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Portrait of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (1468-1532)
Details
Workshop of Lucas Cranach I (Kronach 1515-1586 Weimar)
Portrait of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (1468-1532)
with monogram (upper right)
oil on panel
18.6 x 14.2 cm.
inscribed 'IMMORTALE DVCVM DECVS HAC SVB IMAGINE LUCAS / PINXT IOANNEM SAXONI TERRA TIBI ? / SIC DE SE MERTO TVLIT HVNC RITESELLVS HONORE / HVIVS ID EXEMPLVM POSTERITATIS ERIT ?' (lower centre)
Portrait of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony (1468-1532)
with monogram (upper right)
oil on panel
18.6 x 14.2 cm.
inscribed 'IMMORTALE DVCVM DECVS HAC SVB IMAGINE LUCAS / PINXT IOANNEM SAXONI TERRA TIBI ? / SIC DE SE MERTO TVLIT HVNC RITESELLVS HONORE / HVIVS ID EXEMPLVM POSTERITATIS ERIT ?' (lower centre)
Provenance
(Possibly) Paul Mersch, Paris; his sale; Hotel Druôut, Paris, 8 May 1908, lot 24, as Lucas Cranach the Elder.
A. Chatain, Chicago, from whom acquired in 1912 by Watson Bradford Dickerman;
by whom bequeathed to his wife Mrs. Watson Bradford Dickerman;
by whom gifted to The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1949, no. 49.231.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2013, lot 253,
where bought by the father of the present owners.
A. Chatain, Chicago, from whom acquired in 1912 by Watson Bradford Dickerman;
by whom bequeathed to his wife Mrs. Watson Bradford Dickerman;
by whom gifted to The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1949, no. 49.231.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 31 January 2013, lot 253,
where bought by the father of the present owners.
Exhibited
New York, Duveen Brothers, Lucas Cranach, May 1960, no.1, as Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Brought to you by
Kimberley Oldenburg
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