Keywords: Kurfürst Moritz von Sachsen (DE SMM 001).jpg en Elector Moritz of Saxony in Everyday Attire at top right 'MAURITIVS CHVRFVRST ZU / SACHSEN 1547 ' Posthumous portrait of Elector Moritz of Saxony 1521 - 1553 wearing splendid everday attire - a fur-trimmed cloak and three chains His left hilt rests on the hilt of a sword Provenance In 1578 Archduke Ferdinand II of Tirol asked Elector August of Saxony for two portrait pairs depicting the electors Moritz and Johann Friedrich of Saxony for his portrait collection The aforementioned should each be painted once in armour and once in everyday attire Elector August commissioned Cranach the Younger who delivered them within the same year However for some unknown reason both portrait pairs remained in Saxony 1578 http //lucascranach org/AT_KHM_GG4790 Lucas Cranach the Younger other versions PD-100 Images uploaded by Fæ Portrait paintings by Lucas Cranach the Younger Paintings by Lucas Cranach the Younger with fur Male fur clothing in art Fur clothing of native people of Germany Fur fashion in 1578 |