1556
oil
panel
From the collection of National Museum in Kraków
Sigismund II. August, King of Poland is a 1556 oil by Lucas Cranach the Younger, a Northern Renaissance work, held at National Museum in Kraków.
This portrait depicts a man dressed in formal attire, with a black hat and a black coat over a gold shirt adorned with red buttons. He wears multiple gold necklaces and has a ring on his right hand. The man is seated at a green table, with his hands resting on it. The subject's facial expression is serious, and his gaze is directed straight ahead. The background of the painting is a gray wall. This painting is a work by Lucas Cranach the Younger.
Lucas Cranach the Younger (German: Lucas Cranach der Jüngere, IPA: ; 4 October 1515 – 25 January 1586) was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach.
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