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 Nymph of the Fountain fdg oil painting


The Nymph of the Fountain fdg
1534 Panel Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Painting ID::  6237
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Nymph of the Fountain fdg
1534 Panel Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Venus and Cupid dfg oil painting


Venus and Cupid dfg
1509 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 213 x 102 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Painting ID::  6238
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Venus and Cupid dfg
1509 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 213 x 102 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Venus Standing in a Landscape  fdg oil painting


Venus Standing in a Landscape fdg
1529 Oil on wood, 380 x 255 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
Painting ID::  6239
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Venus Standing in a Landscape fdg
1529 Oil on wood, 380 x 255 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Cupid Complaining to Venus df oil painting


Cupid Complaining to Venus df
1530 Oil on wood, 81,3 x 54,6 cm National Gallery, London
Painting ID::  6240
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Cupid Complaining to Venus df
1530 Oil on wood, 81,3 x 54,6 cm National Gallery, London
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Venus and Cupid dsf oil painting


Venus and Cupid dsf
1531 Oil on canvas, 176 x 80 cm Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Painting ID::  6241
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Venus and Cupid dsf
1531 Oil on canvas, 176 x 80 cm Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
   
   
     

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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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