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Title: Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop (German, Kronach 1472–1553 Weimar) Date: 1532–33. Medium: Oil on beech, with letterpress-printed paper labels. Dimensions: 8 x 5 5/8 in. (20.3 x 14.3 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Gift of Robert Lehman, 1946. Accession ...
In this way, the portraits convey a tactful message of electoral Saxony's resolution to protect its own political and religious interests while remaining loyal to the empire. The overall compositional scheme of these works appears to derive from the engraved likeness of Friedrich that Albrecht Dürer made in 1524, which depicts the elector in a similar pose and attire above a fictive ...
Scholars have concentrated on Luther’s interactions with the elector of Saxony Frederick III, “the Wise” (1463–1525, r. 1486–1525), during the early Reformation. Less scholarly attention has been paid to the relationship between Luther and the electors of Saxony during the reign of Frederick’s brother John the Steadfast (1468–1532 ...
Catherine of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. Religion. Roman Catholic (1521-1536) Lutheran (1536-1553) Signature. Maurice (21 March 1521 – 9 July 1553) was Duke (1541–47) and later Elector (1547–53) of Saxony. His clever manipulation of alliances and disputes gained the Albertine branch of the Wettin dynasty extensive lands and the electoral dignity.
28 de sept. de 2011 · Summary. This essay places Johann Sebastian Bach within the context of the domestic policy of his time. That is unquestionably an unusual viewpoint, since Bach is known as ‘Germany's greatest church composer’, the embodiment of the Lutheran cantor. Nonetheless, we must become accustomed to seeing this man in a political function, because ...
Augustus II the Strong. Augustus II the Strong [a] (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin . Augustus' great physical strength earned him the ...
The Elector of Saxony converted to Catholicism in 1697 so that he could become King of Poland, but no additional Protestant electors were created. Although the Elector of Saxony was personally Catholic, the Electorate itself remained officially Protestant, and the Elector even remained the leader of the Protestant body in the Reichstag.
