The Family of Sigismund I of Poland

The Family of Sigismund I of Poland
ArtistLucas Cranach the Younger
Yearc. 1553-1555
MediumOil on copper
Dimensionseach miniature: 19.5 cm × 17.5 cm (7.6 in × 6.8 in)
LocationCzartoryski Museum, Kraków

The Family of Sigismund I of Poland or Portrait Miniatures of the Jagiellon Family (Polish: Miniatury portretowe rodziny Jagiellonów) is a set of ten portrait miniatures of the Jagiellonian dynasty, produced in the studio of Lucas Cranach the Younger during Bona Sforza's time as queen in Poland after she had married Sigismund I of Poland, c. 1553–1555.[1] They are all now in the Czartoryski Museum.

From left to right, the top row shows Sigismund I the Old of Poland, Bona Sforza, Sigismund II Augustus of Poland (1520–1572), Sigismund II's first wife Elizabeth of Austria, Queen of Poland and Sigismund II's second wife Barbara Radziwiłł.[2] From left to right the bottom row shows Sigismund II's third wife Catherine of Austria (1533–1572) and his sisters Isabella (1519–1559), Catherine (1526–1583), Sophia (1522–1575) and Anna (1523–1596).[3]

References

  1. ^ (in Polish) "Muzea Krakowa" wyd. Arkady Warszawa 1981
  2. ^ "Wielkie Damy polskiego renesansu - Barbara Radziwiłłłówna". www.chantberry.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  3. ^ "Wielkie Damy polskiego renesansu - Anna Jagiellonka". www.chantberry.com. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
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