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 Adam and Eve 05 oil painting


Adam and Eve 05
c. 1538 Panel National Gallery, Prague
Painting ID::  6227
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Adam and Eve 05
c. 1538 Panel National Gallery, Prague
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Adam and Eve 07 oil painting


Adam and Eve 07
1509 Woodcut, 387 x 232 mm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting ID::  6228
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Adam and Eve 07
1509 Woodcut, 387 x 232 mm National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Paradise dfg oil painting


The Paradise dfg
1530 Limewood, 81 x 114 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Painting ID::  6229
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Paradise dfg
1530 Limewood, 81 x 114 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Judgment of Paris fg oil painting


The Judgment of Paris fg
1512-14 Limewood, 43 x 32,2 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
Painting ID::  6230
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Judgment of Paris fg
1512-14 Limewood, 43 x 32,2 cm Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Judgment of Paris df oil painting


The Judgment of Paris df
c. 1528 Oil on wood, 101,9 x 71,1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Painting ID::  6231
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Judgment of Paris df
c. 1528 Oil on wood, 101,9 x 71,1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
   
   
     

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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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