Margrave Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth

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Half-length portrait of Margrave Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth
Margrave Georg Friedrich I of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth
Lucas Cranach the Elder J. , around 1564
99.4 x 73.5 cm
Grunewald Hunting Lodge , Berlin

The painting Margrave Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth is a work by Lucas Cranach the Younger , which shows the Margrave Georg Friedrich I of Brandenburg-Ansbach . It is a panel painting on linden wood from around 1564 , which is in the painting collection of the Grunewald hunting lodge in Berlin.

description

On the 99.4 × 73.5 cm painting, Georg Friedrich I is shown as a half-length figure against a light background, which casts a shadow and thus creates a spatial dimension. He has his eyes on the viewer and shows himself in contemporary clothes according to Spanish fashion. These include a black coat with a stand-up collar and a tall black hat. As jewelry he wears a long golden link chain on his chest, which is looped several times around his neck, and a belt with a weir hanger.

In the painting, the composition suggests itself as a broad triangular shape, which Lucas Cranach the Younger later developed when dealing with Titian in portraits of rulers. There is also the simplicity of the costume, which corresponds to the habitus of a Protestant prince.

History of origin

The image was commissioned by the son of Georg Friedrich I, Georg Friedrich II. It could have been intended for an ancestral gallery on the Plassenburg . The painting came to Berlin in 1811. Today the picture is owned by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg .

During a restoration in 1930, the year 1564 and a non-handwritten Cranach signature were removed. Since the signature was transferred after the background was painted over, it can be assumed that the authorship and the date are correct.

literature

  • Gerd Bartoschek, Ruben Rebmann, Elke Anna Werner: Cranach and the art of the Renaissance under the Hohenzollern: Church, courtyard and urban culture - An exhibition by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation in Berlin-Brandenburg in cooperation with the Evangelical Church Congregation St. Petri - St. Marien . Ed .: Foundation Prussian Palaces and Gardens Berlin-Brandenburg, State Museums in Berlin. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-422-06910-7 , pp. 180-181 .

Web links

Commons : Margrave Georg Friedrich von Brandenburg-Ansbach-Bayreuth (GKI1121)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files