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Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

(1463–1525)
Frederick the Wise
Elector of Saxony (1486–1525)

Frederick the Wise in Art:

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553)
Portrait of Frederick the Wise
c.1525
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

 

 

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553)
Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise
1529
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

 

 

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553)
Portrait of Frederick the Wise
1530–1535
Private Collection

 

 

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553)
Frederick III the Wise
1533
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 

 

Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
James-Jacques-Joseph Tissot
1867–1868
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

 

 

Frederick the Wise in Film:

Luther
2003
Director: Eric Till
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina

 

Born January 17 1463 Torgau, Saxony (Germany)
Died May 5 1525 Castle Lochau, Saxony (Germany)

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