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ArtasanimportanttoolforshapingAlbrechtHohenzollern’spolicy…
IntheTeutoniccourt,inthecity“attheendoftheworld”(as-
nigsbergwasdescribed),therewasasignificantlackofanintellectual
groupthatwouldsupporttheprince.Ithadtobedevelopedasquickly
aspossiblebyinvitingmorescholarsandhumanists,suchas:Crotus
Rubeanus,JohannPoliander,orPaulSperatus.Createdin1544,theUni-
versityofKönigsbergwasdesignatedtosupplyPrussiawiththenew
elite:Lutheranpriests,physicians,oficials,andscholars.Königsberg
Castle’slibrary,whichhadmoreorless9000itemsinitsinventory,was
supposedtoservethosepeople.ItwassupervisedbyFelixKönigPolyph,
whowasrelatedtoErasmusofRotterdambeforearrivinginPrussia.4
LucasCranachd.A.(whoalsotookcareofsendingprintedbookstoHans
LuńtinWittenberg)tookpartinthelibrary’screation.Heinformedthe
rulerofDucalPrussiain1527thatthesupplyofnewliteraturewasgoing
tocostroughly187florins.Amongtheworksreceived,therewastheBible
illustratedbyCranachandotherartists.5
WhenbecomingtheheadoftheOrder,AlbrechtvonHohenzollern
realizedtheimportanceofartinbuildinghismoderncourt.In1511,
themomenthewaselectedandleavingforPrussia,heorderedLucas
CranachtheEldertopainthisfirstportrait.6Thisworkofartwasjust
apreviewofanumberoffurtherrequestsandnumerousordersplaced
intheworkshopoftheWittenbergpainter.Theseworksofartappeared
inthenextdecadesthroughoutDucalPrussia.In1516,fourunknown
tabletsarrivedinPrussiaalongwithMadonna’spictureintendedforthe
CathedralinKönigsberg,createdbyLucasCranachd.A.Inthenextyears,
theprinceorderedthecreationofalotofpaintingsthatfeaturednot
onlyreligiousmattersandportraitsbutalsoseculartopics.Dietrichvon
SchonbergboughtHerculesandAntaeusforAlbrecht;apaintingcreated
inCranach’sworkshop.7
Historyczne,”2017,vol.LXXXII,2,p.24-25.It’saboutLuther’streatyAndieHerrn
deutschesOrdens,dass,diefalscheKeuschkeitmeiden,undzurrechtenehelichen
Keuschkeitgreifen.AfterthesecularizationoftheTheutonicOrderinPrussia,
monkswhohadnotchangedconfessionwereallowedtolivetheirdaysinDu-
calPrussia.
4J.Tondel,SrebrnabibliotekaksięciaAlbrechtaPruskiegoijegożonyAnnyMarii,
Warszawa1994,p.7-8.
5J.Voigt,DesMarkgrafenAlbrechtvonBrandenburgBriefwechselmitdenbei-
denMalernLucasCranachunddemBuchdruckerHansLufit,„BeiträgezurKunde
Preussens“,1820,vol.3,p.246-293.
6W.Hubatsch,AlbrechtvonBrandenburg-Ansbach,Heilderberg1960,p.41.
7H.Ehrenberg,DieKunstamHofederHerzögevonPreußen,Leipzig-Ber-
lin1899,p.4;A.vonTroschke,DieCranach-MadonnaimDomzuKönigsberg,
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