Portrait of the Chancellor Gregor Brück, Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1533

Chancellor dr. Gregor brück (1483/84-1557). Painting on limewood. Brück had been chancellor of the electors of saxony since 1519. Owing to tensions with the emperor his portrait was also a symbol of political continuity at the beginning of the reign of john frederick. The statesman wears the portrait medallion of his sovereign. Object Type: painting. Genre: portrait. Date: 1533. Place of creation: Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Dimensions: 42.6 × 38.4 cm (16.7 × 15.1 in). Medium: painting on lime. Depicted People: Gregor Brück. Collection: Germanisches Nationalmuseum. 1533 Cranach Kanzler Dr. Gregor Brück anagoria