CRANACH, Lucas the Younger
(b. 1515, Wittenberg, d.1586, Weimar)

Stag Hunt of Elector Johann Friedrich

1544
Oil and tempera on canvas on linden wood, 116 x 177 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

This painting is one of the several variants of the subject executed in the Cranach workshop. In the background of the hunting scene Hartenfels Castle in Torgau can be seen.