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 The Fountain of Youth (detail) dyj oil painting


The Fountain of Youth (detail) dyj
1546 Lime panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Painting ID::  6293
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Fountain of Youth (detail) dyj
1546 Lime panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Fountain of Youth (detail) fdg oil painting


The Fountain of Youth (detail) fdg
1546 Lime panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Painting ID::  6294
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Fountain of Youth (detail) fdg
1546 Lime panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Fountain of Youth (detail) fgjk oil painting


The Fountain of Youth (detail) fgjk
1546 Lime panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Painting ID::  6295
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Fountain of Youth (detail) fgjk
1546 Lime panel Staatliche Museen, Berlin
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Amorous Old Woman and Young Man gjkh oil painting


Amorous Old Woman and Young Man gjkh
1520-22 Wood, 37 x 37,5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID::  6296
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Amorous Old Woman and Young Man gjkh
1520-22 Wood, 37 x 37,5 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Old Man and Young Woman hgsw oil painting


Old Man and Young Woman hgsw
Lime panel, 19,5 x 14,5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Painting ID::  6297
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Old Man and Young Woman hgsw
Lime panel, 19,5 x 14,5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
   
   
     

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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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