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Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony
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.
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.
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Frederick remained a Roman Catholic (almost) all his life, but available evidence and his actions suggest that, personally, he had strong Lutheran leanings. His successor, John, Elector of Saxony, had been Lutheran even before he became elector. John made the Lutheran church the official state church in Saxony in 1527.
See also.
- Portrait of Frederick III of Saxony
- Luther (2003 film)