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 Portrait of Dr. J. Scheyring ds oil painting


Portrait of Dr. J. Scheyring ds
Panel Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Painting ID::  6283
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portrait of Dr. J. Scheyring ds
Panel Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg fg oil painting


Portrait of Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg fg
Wood, 29,9 x 23 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID::  6284
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portrait of Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg fg
Wood, 29,9 x 23 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Martin Luther dfg oil painting


Portrait of Martin Luther dfg
1543 Panel Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Painting ID::  6285
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portrait of Martin Luther dfg
1543 Panel Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and his Wife df oil painting


Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and his Wife df
Oil on wood, 38 x 24 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
Painting ID::  6286
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and his Wife df
Oil on wood, 38 x 24 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon y oil painting


Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon y
1543 Oil on wood, 21 x 16 cm (each one) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  6287
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon y
1543 Oil on wood, 21 x 16 cm (each one) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     

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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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