Lucas Cranach the Elder

Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554)



Lucas Cranach the Elder - Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554)



Lucas Cranach the Elder
Portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554)
62.8 x 39.7 cm
Oil on panel
Sale Christie's, London, 19 April 2018


Provenance

Christian Wilhelm Schweitzer (1781-1856), Minister of State, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1843-1848), Weimar, 1851
Joseph Neustätter, Vienna, c. 1880
with Galerie Helbing, Munich, 1922
with Kurt Bachstitz, The Hague
Fritz Gutmann, Heemstede (Haarlem) (1886-1944), purchased from the above 1922, until dispossessed in the Netherlands as a result of Nazi persecution
private collection, United States
returned to the heirs of Fritz Gutmann, 2018, pursuant to a settlement agreement between the parties which resolves any dispute over title
sale Christie's, London, 19 April 2018, nr. 7

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