Johan Georg I (1585–1656), Elector of Saxony
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 102 x 83 cm
Inventory numberNMGrh 32
Other titlesTitle (sv): Johan Georg I, 1585-1656, kurfurste av Sachsen Title (en): Johan Georg I (1585–1656), Elector of Saxony
DescriptionCatalogue raisonné: Description in Flemish paintings C. 1600-C. 1800 III, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, 2010, cat.no. 124: Technical notes: The support consists of a single piece of plain-weave fabric and has been marouflaged to a piece of fibreboard that has been nailed to the strainer. The painting has been executed in simple manner on a red ground. It was painted in the 19th century and is by the same hand as no. 125. Provenance: Transferred in 1866 from Gripsholm. bibliography: Cat. Gripsholm I, Stockholm 1951, p. 15. This portrait of Johan Georg I, Elector of Saxony, in armour, can be dated to the 19th century. The subject is depicted facing three-quarters right wearing armour with a white collar on his shoulders and holding a marshal’s staff in one hand. The aged Johan Georg I is portrayed in his martial role against a neutral background without any visual setting in a painted oval. The portrait is iconographically and stylistically executed in the manner of Frans Luyckx. This simple, stylised portrait has a companion piece by the same hand depicting the subject’s consort, Magdalena Sibylla, Electress of Saxony (no. 33). KS [End]
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