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The Electorate of Saxony, also known as Electoral Saxony ( German: Kurfürstentum Sachsen or Kursachsen ), was a territory of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356–1806. Its territory included the areas around the cities of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz. In the Golden Bull of 1356, Emperor Charles IV designated the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg an ...
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Brief description. Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony; engraving by Albrecht Dürer; 1524. Physical description. Head and shoulders portrait of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525), looking to the left, wearing a hat and a coat with a fur collar, behind a plaque bearing the inscription 'CHRISTO . SACRVM .
Frederick the Wise was Luther’s protector and the founder of the University of Wittenberg, which became the intellectual center of the Reformation. Fiorentino’s bust, an early masterpiece of central European portrait sculpture, is a telling example of the reception north of the Alps of early Renaissance art particularly from Florence.
Nov 2, 2023 · King Louis XIV (in the silver wig) liked his hair high and long, and his courtiers followed suit. Even visitors, like the Prince Elector of Saxony (in red), wore big wigs, as shown in this 1715 ...
Johan Georg IV, Elector of Saxony, wearing a suit of armor and a wig. In the margin a paean to his fighting skills and the Saxon ducal line. Portrait of Johan Georg IV of Saxony, print maker: Pieter...
The electors of Saxony appear to have been the only German princes in the sixteenth century to outfit their bodyguards with matching equipment. The guards' helmets are etched and gilt on one side with the coat of arms of the dukedom of Saxony and on the other side with the crossed swords that signify the duke's office as archmarshal of the Holy ...
