Stag Hunt of Elector John Frederick
1544 | Lucas Cranach d. J.
This depiction of a stag hunt is of the same type of courtly hunting picture created by Lucas Cranach the Elder. In the distance is the city of Torgau on the Elbe with Hartenfels Castle, which was finished in 1544. Prominent hunting guests can be seen in the foreground. In reality, however, they were never in or near Torgau: on the extreme left is Emperor Charles V, next to Elector Palatine Frederick, with Elector John Frederick of Saxony further to the front, under the tree in the middle of the paining is Duke Philip I of Brunswick.
This depiction of a stag hunt is of the same type of courtly hunting picture created by Lucas Cranach the Elder. In the distance is the city of Torgau on the Elbe with Hartenfels Castle, which was finished in 1544. Prominent hunting guests can be seen in the foreground. In reality, however, they were never in or near Torgau: on the extreme left is Emperor Charles V, next to Elector Palatine Frederick, with Elector John Frederick of Saxony further to the front, under the tree in the middle of the paining is Duke Philip I of Brunswick.
Artist:
Lucas Cranach d. J. (1515 Wittenberg - 1586 Weimar) DNB
Depiction/Person:
Johann Friedrich I. (1532-1547), Kurfürst von Sachsen (1503 - 1554) DNB
Time:
1544
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Leinwand auf Lindenholz
Dimensions:
116 cm × 176,5 cm
Framed: 140,8 cm × 198,5 cm × 7,8 cm
Signed
Inscribed at the lower right corner of the boat's bow with a snake with lying wings, dat. 1544
Inscribed
in den oberen Ecken die Wappen von Kurpfalz und Kursachsen
Stamp / markings
Bildseitig rechts unten in Pinsel, teilweise übermalt: "76"
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 856
Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm