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
Painting ID::  52011 		CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Samson's Fight with the Lion
1520-25 Panel Kunstsammlungen
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder adam and eve oil painting


adam and eve
mk247 c.1530,oil on wood,private collection
Painting ID::  56697 		CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
adam and eve
mk247 c.1530,oil on wood,private collection
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder the judgment of paris oil painting


the judgment of paris
mk247 c.1528,oil wood,39.75x28 in,102x71 cm,metropolitan museum of art,new york,usa
Painting ID::  56701 		CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
the judgment of paris
mk247 c.1528,oil wood,39.75x28 in,102x71 cm,metropolitan museum of art,new york,usa
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder portrait of sybilla of cleves oil painting


portrait of sybilla of cleves
weimar, staatliche kunstsammlungen
Painting ID::  64254 		CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
portrait of sybilla of cleves
weimar, staatliche kunstsammlungen
   
   
     
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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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