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 Apollo and Diana fdg oil painting


Apollo and Diana fdg
Oil on panel, 83,8 x 56,.5 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
Painting ID::  6232
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Apollo and Diana fdg
Oil on panel, 83,8 x 56,.5 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Three Graces dg oil painting


The Three Graces dg
1535 Oil on wood, 50,5 x 35,7 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Painting ID::  6233
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Three Graces dg
1535 Oil on wood, 50,5 x 35,7 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Lucretia df oil painting


Lucretia df
c. 1524 Lime panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Painting ID::  6234
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Lucretia df
c. 1524 Lime panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Charity fdgr oil painting


Charity fdgr
Oil on panel, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Painting ID::  6235
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Charity fdgr
Oil on panel, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain fdg oil painting


Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain fdg
1518 Oil on wood, 59 x 92 cm Museum der Bildenden K??nste, Leipzig
Painting ID::  6236
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain fdg
1518 Oil on wood, 59 x 92 cm Museum der Bildenden K??nste, Leipzig
   
   
     

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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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