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Albrecht Dürer: Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony

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Alternative names	Albrecht Dürer
Description	German painter, printmaker, mathematician, illuminator, copper engraver and art theorist
Date of birth/death	21 May 1471	6 April 1528
Location of birth/death	Nuremberg	Nuremberg
Work period	1484 –1528
Work location	Nuremberg (1484–1490), Basel (1490–1494), Strasbourg (1490–1494), Colmar (1490–1494), Frankfurt (1490–1494), Mainz (1490–1494), Cologne (1490–1494), Nuremberg (21 May 1494–1528), Innsbruck (1494), Venice (1494–1495), 1505–1506), Bologna (1505–1506), Milan (1505–1506), Florence (1505–1506), Rome (1505–1506), Augsburg (1518), Antwerp (1521)
Authority file	: Q5580 VIAF: 54146999 ISNI: 0000000120961368 ULAN: 500115493 LCCN: n79118011 NLA: 35051029 WorldCat

Title

Portrait of Frederick III

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Frederick III

Date

1524

Medium

engraving

Dimensions

height: 188 mm (7.40 in); width: 122 mm (4.80 in)

Collection

Art Institute of Chicago

	Native name	Art Institute of Chicago
	Location	Chicago, United States of America
	Coordinates	41° 52′ 46″ N, 87° 37′ 26″ W
	Established	1879
	Website	www.artic.edu
	Authority file	: Q239303 VIAF: 131375374 ISNI: 0000000091672697 ULAN: 500304669 LCCN: n82144329 OSM: 1870546 WorldCat

Accession number

1938.1445

Place of creation

Nuremberg

Inscriptions

CHRISTO SACRVM / ILLE DEI VERBO MAGNA PIETATE FAVEBAT / PERPETVA DIGNVS POSTERITATE COLI / D FRIDR DVCI SAXON S R IMP / ARCHIM ELECTORI / ALBERTVS DVRER NVR FACIEBAT / BMFVV / MDXXIIII
[Sacred to Christ. He favoured the word of God with great piety, worthy to be revered by posterity forever. Albrecht Dürer made this for Duke Frederick of Saxony, Arch-Marshal, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; B[ene] M[erenti] F[ecit] V[ivus] V[ivo] MDXXIIII]

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DÜRER, Albrecht

(b. 1471, Nürnberg, d. 1528, Nürnberg)

Portrait of Frederick the Wise 1524 Engraving, 188 x 122 mm Art Institute, Chicago

Frederick III, called the Wise, Elector of the Empire and Duke of Saxony (1463-1525), was a patron of art and science, the founder of the University of Wittenberg and a supporter of the Reformation, although he never openly espoused the doctrines of Martin Luther. He could easily have been elected Emperor but wisely declined the honour. One of the earliest patrons of Dürer, he commissioned a portrait (in 1496) and many other works. The inscription beneath this engraved portrait reads: "Sacred to Christ. He favoured the word of God with piety, worthy to be revered by posterity forever. Albrecht Dürer made this for the Duke Frederick of Saxony, Arch-Marshal, Elector of the Holy Roman Empire; B[ene] M[erenti] F[ecit] V[ivus] V[ivo], MDXXIIII." (The phrase connotes: "worthy of high praise even while still alive.")

The engraving is based on a preparatory drawing, probably prepared during Frederick's stay at Nuremberg from November 1522 to February 1523. It could be pointed out that Dürer must have had a remarkable memory in order to add so much form and detail in the engraving that does not appear in the sketch from life, particularly the details of the eyes, the higher eyebrows and the revision of the cap. The portrait shows the fat but somehow tragic face of Frederick the Wise, one year before his death, in three-quarter profile, in contrast to the strict profile of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg.

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Author: DÜRER, Albrecht Title: Portrait of Frederick the Wise Time-line: 1501-1550 School: German Form: graphics

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