Year 1514 Artist Lucas Cranach the Elder People also search for The old man in love | Medium Oil on panel Created 1514 | |
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Dimensions 184.5 cm × 82.5 cm (72.6 in × 32.5 in) Location Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden | ||
The Portrait of Henry IV of Saxony and Catherine of Mecklenburg is a double painting by German Renaissance master Lucas Cranach the Elder, dating from 1514, now housed in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister of Dresden, Germany.
The work was Cranach's first official portrait, and depicts Henry IV, Duke of Saxony, aside to his wife, Catherine of Mecklenburg in real size. Both wear lavishly decorated clothes and decorations recalling their families' coat of arms.
Henry, painted with his hunting dog, is portrayed in the act of drawing his sword. Catherine's panel contains a cartouche with Cranach's initials, the year of execution and a winged snake, the symbol of the painter's workshop.
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Portraits of Henry IV of Saxony and Catherine of Mecklenburg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA