John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony

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Artist/Maker	Friedrich Brentel (etcher) Lucas Cranach (artist)
Place of origin	Germany (printed)

Print, portrait of a man, , full-length standing, facing slightly right, in armour; in the background, an army besieges the town of Wittenberg. At his feet is a group of grotesque animals among thorns, satirizing the Roman Catholic Church’ a border of 14 heraldic achievements.

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Categories	Prints Portraits
Object type	Print
Title	John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Etching Etching
Brief description	Print, portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, etching by Friedrich Brentel after Lucas Cranach, 1609.
Physical description	Print, portrait of a man, , full-length standing, facing slightly right, in armour; in the background, an army besieges the town of Wittenberg. At his feet is a group of grotesque animals among thorns, satirizing the Roman Catholic Church’ a border of 14 heraldic achievements.
Dimensions	Height: 43.2cm Width: 36.5cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style	German School
Marks and inscriptions	'F. Brentel, 1609.' (Signed and dated) (Lettered with Psalm XXXIV, Verse 19 in Latin)
Credit line	Given by Edgar Seligman
Subjects depicted	Armour Battle Animals Coat of Arms John Frederick I
Bibliographic references	Singer, Hans Wolfgang. Allgemeiner Bildinskatalog. Leipzig: K.W. Hiersemann, 14 v. Hollstein, F. W. H. German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1954. Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.132-1960

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O567436/john-frederick-i-elector-of-print-friedrich-brentel/

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