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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.
- Feudal monarchy
- Early modern Europe
- Germany, Poland
The so-called landscape costume of Saxon Elector John George I (1585–1656), for example, is embroidered with the Elbe landscape near Dresden and Meißen and shows farming activities, people and animals, as well as the Dresden Residenzschloss.
- Taschenberg 2, Dresden, 01067
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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.
- Harald Marx, Karin Kolb, Ingrid Mössinger
- Cologne
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- 2005
Oct 26, 2004 · The Elector of Saxony was the chief prince in the Protestant League and the court in Dresden was an important neighbor for the extremely strong and influential court of the Catholic Holy Roman Emperor in Prague.
Unfortunately, there is still no major study on the collections of the Electors of Saxony. The famous Tournamenttapestry, preserved in Valenciennes, is one of the oldest that showcases of Frederick the Wise(1463-1525)’s interest in the art of textiles [1].1This piece bears the coat of arms of the prince-elector on a border imitating velvet.
Electorate of Saxony (Saxe-Wittenberg) (German Empire) AD 1356 - 1547. Saxon States. All Modern States Central Europe Hessian States The Rus / Old Russia. The once powerful duchy of Saxony had been divided in 1180 by the Hohenstaufen German emperor, Frederick Barbarossa.
Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525), the subject of this print, was one of Dürer's earliest significant patrons. The print was done a year before the death of Frederick and is based on a silverpoint drawing made by Dürer now in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris.