SKD250677 Elector Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503-54) Elector of Saxony, 1578 (oil on canvas) by Cranach, Lucas the Younger (1515-86); 118.5x91 cm; Ruestkammer, Dresden, Germany; (add.info.: Kurfurst Johann Friedrich der Grossmutige; after his retreat at the Battle of Muehlberg in 1547 during the Schmalkaldian War, he was forced to abdicate and resign the electorate to his cousin Moritz von Sachsen (1521-53); painted in old fashioned armour and sash from the time of his rule; commissioned deliberately to allude to Titian\'s portrait of Charles V;); 穢 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ; 穢 Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden; German, out of copyright.