This painting by Albrecht Durer is of the Elector Friedrich Weisse von Sachsen (Saxony). It is housed in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin. Frederick III, also known as Frederick the Wise, was Elector of Saxony from 1486 to his death in 1525, who is mostly remembered for the worldly protection of his subject Martin Luther. Frederick was the son of Ernest, Elector of Saxony and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Albert III, Duke of Bavaria.

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