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 St Catherine of Alexandria and St Barbara sdg oil painting


St Catherine of Alexandria and St Barbara sdg
Oil on wood, 61,2 x 220,1 cm (left wing), 61,3 x 19,8 cm (right wing) Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
Painting ID::  6258
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
St Catherine of Alexandria and St Barbara sdg
Oil on wood, 61,2 x 220,1 cm (left wing), 61,3 x 19,8 cm (right wing) Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Christ and the Adulteress fgh oil painting


Christ and the Adulteress fgh
1532 Wood, 82,5 x 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID::  6259
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Christ and the Adulteress fgh
1532 Wood, 82,5 x 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Christ and the Adulteress (detail) dfh oil painting


Christ and the Adulteress (detail) dfh
1532 Wood, 82,5 x 121 cm (full panel) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Painting ID::  6260
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Christ and the Adulteress (detail) dfh
1532 Wood, 82,5 x 121 cm (full panel) Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion dfg oil painting


The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion dfg
1536 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington
Painting ID::  6261
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion dfg
1536 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portraits of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony and his wife Katharina von Mecklenburg dfg oil painting


Portraits of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony and his wife Katharina von Mecklenburg dfg
1514 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 184 x 82,5 cm each Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Painting ID::  6262
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Portraits of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony and his wife Katharina von Mecklenburg dfg
1514 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 184 x 82,5 cm each Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
   
   
     

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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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