CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
German painter (b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar). German painter and engraver. The son of a painter, he settled in Wittenberg c.1504 and was court painter successively under three electors of Saxony. There he maintained a flourishing workshop and was twice burgomaster. Cranach was a close friend of Martin Luther, whose doctrine he upheld in numerous paintings and woodcuts, and he has been called the painter of the Reformation. He was a rapid and prolific painter, and the work turned out by his studio is uneven in quality. Naïve and fanciful, often awkward in draftsmanship, it has, nonetheless, freshness and originality and a warm, rich palette. His portraits are particularly successful. Among his best-known works are Repose in Egypt (Gemäldgalerie, Staatliche Mus., Berlin-Dahlem); Judgment of Paris (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe); Adam and Eve (Courtauld Inst., London); and Crucifixion (Weimar). The latter contains figures of Luther and Cranach. His many famous protraits include those of Elector John Frederick and Self-Portrait (Uffizi). Cranach was also an accomplished miniaturist. He produced a few copperplates and designs for woodcuts. His son and pupil Lucas Cranach, the Younger, 1515C86,

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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portraits of Johann I and Frederick III the wise, Electors of Saxony dfg oil painting


Portraits of Johann I and Frederick III the wise, Electors of Saxony dfg
1533 Oil on wood, 20 x 15 cm (each) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  6278
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portraits of Johann I and Frederick III the wise, Electors of Saxony dfg
1533 Oil on wood, 20 x 15 cm (each) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Young Mother with Child dfhd oil painting


Young Mother with Child dfhd
Oil on wood, 60 x 37 cm Wartburgstifung, Eisenach
Painting ID::  6279
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Young Mother with Child dfhd
Oil on wood, 60 x 37 cm Wartburgstifung, Eisenach
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of a Young Man dfg oil painting


Portrait of a Young Man dfg
Oil on wood, 30,5 x 23 cm Staatliches Museum, Schwerin
Painting ID::  6280
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portrait of a Young Man dfg
Oil on wood, 30,5 x 23 cm Staatliches Museum, Schwerin
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Saxon Princesses Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia dfg oil painting


Saxon Princesses Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia dfg
c. 1535 Oil on limewood, 62 x 89 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Painting ID::  6281
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Saxon Princesses Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia dfg
c. 1535 Oil on limewood, 62 x 89 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of a Young Girl khk oil painting


Portrait of a Young Girl khk
c. 1540 Oil on wood, 39 x 25 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
Painting ID::  6282
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portrait of a Young Girl khk
c. 1540 Oil on wood, 39 x 25 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
   
   
     

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     CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
     German painter (b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar). German painter and engraver. The son of a painter, he settled in Wittenberg c.1504 and was court painter successively under three electors of Saxony. There he maintained a flourishing workshop and was twice burgomaster. Cranach was a close friend of Martin Luther, whose doctrine he upheld in numerous paintings and woodcuts, and he has been called the painter of the Reformation. He was a rapid and prolific painter, and the work turned out by his studio is uneven in quality. Naïve and fanciful, often awkward in draftsmanship, it has, nonetheless, freshness and originality and a warm, rich palette. His portraits are particularly successful. Among his best-known works are Repose in Egypt (Gemäldgalerie, Staatliche Mus., Berlin-Dahlem); Judgment of Paris (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe); Adam and Eve (Courtauld Inst., London); and Crucifixion (Weimar). The latter contains figures of Luther and Cranach. His many famous protraits include those of Elector John Frederick and Self-Portrait (Uffizi). Cranach was also an accomplished miniaturist. He produced a few copperplates and designs for woodcuts. His son and pupil Lucas Cranach, the Younger, 1515C86,

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