1505 -1553 · Wittenberg, voters of Saxony and court workshop
Discover the portraits and hunts of the voters of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder, hand reproduced in oil on canvas.
1505 -1553 · Wittenberg, voters of Saxony and court workshop
Lucas Cranach the Elder was born in Kronach in 1472 and died in Weimar in 1553. After a decisive stay in Vienna, in 1505 he was appointed court painter to the voters of Saxony in Wittenberg. He successively served Frederick III the Wise, John the Constant and John Frederick I the Magnanimous. This function goes far beyond individual portraiture. Cranach designs images capable of affirming dynastic continuity, commemorating a reign and circulating as political instruments. Frederick the Wise, protector of the University of Wittenberg and Martin Luther, was one of his first great patrons. The workshop designed images capable of affirming dynastic continuity, commemorating a reign and circulating as political instruments. Frederick the Wise, protector of the University of Wittenberg and Martin Luther, was one of its first great patrons. The workshop produced his effigy in several forms, before and after his death in 1525. In 1533, one commissioning sixty pairs of portraits of Frederick and John the Constant demonstrates the speed and organization of the workshop. Jean-Frédéric the Magnanimous uses these series to legitimize his own succession. The portraits selected in this collection show the prince in bust, with dark costume, fur, headgear and direct or side gaze. Frederick the Wise's Deer Hunt with Emperor Maximilian I broadens the dynastic language: landscape, dogs, horsemen and game celebrate the court, memory and rank. Around Cranach, assistants and sons allow you to multiply the versions without losing the lively design, the bold colors and the silhouette immediately recognizable. These images also accompany the Reformation, alliances and conflicts of the House of Saxony. They show how a Renaissance workshop creates a coherent political identity on a large scale. The selection "Frederick of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder" notably compares Deer Hunting with Maximilian I and John Frederick I the Magnanimous. His reading favors figures.
In Cranach's workshop, the princely portrait is never an isolated image: it belongs to a strategy of memory, succession and territorial presence.
Course & style
Portrait, hunting and court decor establish a lasting relationship with the electoral house. This milestone sheds light on the collection "Frederick of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder" by favoring figures.
Succession transforms effigies into visual proofs of continuity.
Series, variants and political portraits accompany Reform, conflict and exile.
Headgear, beard and costume outline immediately make the prince identifiable. This trait guides a figure-centered reading of "Frederick of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder".
Black, red, green and gold distinguish the model on a deliberately simple background.
Workshop repetition broadcasts the same identity without removing all variations.
Horses, dogs and deer transform princely leisure into a demonstration of power.
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Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Frederick of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
The prince protects Wittenberg and gives Cranach his position as court painter.
For history. Reading of "Frederick of Saxony by Lucas Cranach the Elder" by the figures.The Magnanimous uses portraits and family memory to assert its legitimacy.
For the portraitRiders, dogs and game celebrate rank, mastery and court remembrance.
For the storyModels, assistants and series meet exceptional political demand.
For techniquePortraits of princes and religious images accompany a major historical change.
For contextVertical for the prince, horizontal for hunting and court landscape.
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The active selection brings together a commemorative hunt and three portraits of John Frederick I the Magnanimous, among the works available from the collection.
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