About this work
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. 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 to 1572), Sigismund II's first wife Elizabeth of Austria, Queen of Poland and Sigismund II's second wife Barbara Radziwiłł.
About Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach. He maintained the family's artistic workshop after the death of his father, as well as providing portrait for members of the social elite, including princes and nobles.
Where it hangs
Jagiellonian Dynasty is in the collection of National Museum in Kraków.
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