Portrait of Saxon Prince-Elector

The serious expression on his face, the lavish clothes and the money on his desk suggest that he was an important and influential man - the Elector of Saxony was one of the four secular princes who had the right to elect the king of the Roman-German Empire. 

The origins of this office are not clear, but Electors were mentioned as early as the election of Alfonso X. Wise and Richard of Cornwall in the 13th century. The Duke of Saxony was deputy to the presiding Archbishop of Mohács, who had the right to crown the king.

lab.SNG ● Text from the atlas.sng.sk app for the exhibition Prologue: 12 Colours of Reality