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 Samson s Fight with the Lion oil painting


Samson s Fight with the Lion
1520-25 Panel Kunstsammlungen, Weimar
Painting ID::  6298
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Samson s Fight with the Lion
1520-25 Panel Kunstsammlungen, Weimar
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Judith with the Head of Holofernes dfg oil painting


Judith with the Head of Holofernes dfg
c. 1530 Oil on wood, 87 x 56 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Painting ID::  6299
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Judith with the Head of Holofernes dfg
c. 1530 Oil on wood, 87 x 56 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Salome hg oil painting


Salome hg
c. 1530 Wood, 87 x 58 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID::  6300
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Salome hg
c. 1530 Wood, 87 x 58 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist dfgj oil painting


Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist dfgj
Panel Bob Jones University Collection, Greenville
Painting ID::  6301
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist dfgj
Panel Bob Jones University Collection, Greenville
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau ghj oil painting


Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau ghj
1544 Oil on panel, 114 x 175 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
Painting ID::  6302
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau ghj
1544 Oil on panel, 114 x 175 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid
   
   
     

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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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