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Rudolf, III., Sachsen, Herzog

recordIdcnp01170781

urihttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp01170781

biogrDataShort1388 - 1419

Last Edit2024-02-08

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Herzog von Sachsen-Wittenberg; Kurfürst

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biogrDataLong1388-1419. Todesjahr abweichend 1422

Herzog (gnd)

Adel (gnd)

Kurfürst (gnd)

Deutschland

DE (iso3166)

names

headingRudolf, III., Sachsen, Herzog

Rudolf, von Sachsen

Rudolf, von Sachsen-Wittenberg

Sachsen, Rudolf ¬von¬

sources

foundInNDB/ADB-online

:Rudolf III., Elector, son of Wenzeslaus, died 1419

The portraits by Cranach the Younger have a uniform blue background and a cast-shadow to one side of the sitter. As such they stand out from the other works in the series. Furthermore all 48 images are painted on canvas and not paper. They were later laminated onto wood and in isolated cases cardboard. The very uniform appearance of the reverse of all the portraits belonging to the series suggests that they were attached to the auxiliary support after entering the Ambras collection.

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

[Lucas Cranach the Younger / http://lucascranach.org/AT_KHM_GG4790 -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rudolf III Kurfürst von Sachsen (AT KHM GG4790).jpg]