Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony

1496 painting by Albrecht Dürer

Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony

Artist| Albrecht Dürer
Year| 1496
Medium| Tempera on canvas
Dimensions| 76 cm × 57 cm (30 in × 22 in)
Location| Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

The Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony is a tempera-on-canvas painting by German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, executed in 1496. It is housed in the Gemäldegalerie of Berlin, Germany.

## History

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The painting was one of the first commissions received from Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, together with the Seven Sorrows Polyptych and the central panel of the Dresden Altarpiece. Dürer knew the elector during the latter's short stay in Nuremberg in April 1496.

Dürer portrayed the elector again in an engraving in 1524.

## Description

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Dürer portrayed Frederick's bust from three-quarters, looking right, above a dark green background. Elements such as the parapet on which his arms lie, or the hands holding a roll, were typical of Flemish art of the period.

Frederick's imperious personality, as well as his status, are emphasized by the large beret and by his determined glance[1]

## See also

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* List of paintings by Albrecht Dürer

## References

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1. ^ Costantino Porcu, ed. (2004). Dürer. Milan: Rizzoli.

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Paintings|

* List of paintings
* Portrait Diptych of Dürer's Parents (1490)
* Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony (1496)
* St. Jerome in the Wilderness (c. 1496)
* Portrait of Dürer's Father at 70 (1497)
* Haller Madonna/Lot and His Daughters (c. 1498)
* Lamentation of Christ (Nuremberg) (attributed, c. 1498)
* Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds (1500)
* Lamentation of Christ (Munich) (c. 1500)
* Adoration of the Magi (1504)
* Bagnacavallo Madonna (before 1505)
* Christ Among the Doctors (1506)
* Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman (1505)
* Avarice (1507)
* Adam and Eve (1507)
* Martyrdom of the Ten Thousand (1508)
* The Suicide of Lucretia (1518)
* Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1519)
* Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I (1519)
* Portrait of Jakob Fugger (c. 1520)
* Portrait of Bernhart von Reesen (1521)
* Saint Jerome in His Study (1521)
* The Four Apostles (1526)
* Portrait of Hieronymus Holzschuher (1526)
* Portrait of Johann Kleberger (1526)
* Portrait of Jakob Muffel (1526)

Altarpieces|

* Dresden Altarpiece (c. 1496–1497/1503–1504)
* Seven Sorrows Polyptych (c. 1500)
* Paumgartner Altarpiece (c. 1500)
* Jabach Altarpiece (c. 1503–1504)
* Feast of the Rosary (1506)
* Heller Altarpiece (c. 1508) (with Matthias Grünewald)
* Adoration of the Trinity (1511)

Self-portraits|

* Self-Portrait at the Age of 13 (drawing, 1484)
* Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle (1493)
* Self-Portrait at 26 (1498)
* Self-Portrait at 28 (1500)

Woodcuts and
engravings|

* List of woodcuts, engravings
* The Holy Family with the Dragonfly (1495)
* The Holy Family with Three Hares (1496)
* Apocalypse (1498)
* Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498)
* The Four Witches (1497)
* The Sea Monster (1498–1500)
* Saint Sebastian at the Column (1500)
* Visitation (1503)
* Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate (1504)
* Great Passion (1497–1510)
* Life of the Virgin (1510–1511)
* Small Passion (1511)
* Knight, Death and the Devil (1513)
* Melencolia I (1514)
* Saint Jerome in His Study (1514)
* Triumphal Arch (1515)
* Rhinoceros (1515)
* Large Triumphal Carriage (1522)
* Portrait of Erasmus (1526)

Drawings,
watercolours|

* Young Hare (1502)
* Great Piece of Turf (1503)
* Madonna of the Animals (c. 1503)
* Praying Hands (c. 1508)
* Wing of a European Roller (1512)
* Portrait of the Artist's Mother at the Age of 63 (1514)
* Head of a Walrus (1514)
* The Virgin and Child with a Flower on a Grassy Bench (c. 1503)

Museums|

* Albrecht Dürer's House

Family|

* Agnes Dürer (wife)
* Albrecht Dürer the Elder (father)
* Hans Dürer (brother)
* Anton Koberger (godfather)

Related|

* Alte Pinakothek (Self-Portrait) (2000 photograph)
* Dürer (crater)

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