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Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous (r. 1532-1547) commissioned from Lucas Cranach in 1532 sixty portrait pairs. The commission coincided with Johann Friedrich's assumption of electoral office after the death of his father Johann I, the Constant. Cranach and his workshop completed the series in 1533.
The present painting, executed by the workshop, depicts Johann I, the Constant (1468-1532), in bust length against a light blue background. The name of the sitter and a laudatory poem are printed (not painted) on piece of paper that has been pasted down on the panel. The panel certainly had a pair depicting Friedrich III, the Wise (1463-1525).
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