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Friedrich the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525)
Lucas Cranach the Elder1525/1527
German Historical Museum
Berlin, Germany
Friedrich the Wise died in May 1525. The portraits were created posthumously in the workshop of the Wittenberg painter Lucas Cranach. They were part of the pictorial propaganda of the Reformation.
Details
- Title: Friedrich the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525)
- Creator: Lucas Cranach the Older, Workshop
- Date Created: 1525/1527
- Location Created: Wittenberg
- Physical Dimensions: 46,6 x 26 cm
- Subject Keywords: Reformation
- Rights: Deutsches Historisches Museum
- External Link: DHM collection database
- Medium: Oil on lime wood
- Inventory no.: 1988/705
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