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 Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb dfg oil


Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb dfg
Painting ID::  6242 		Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb dfg
c. 1531 Oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome
c._1531 Oil_on_canvas Galleria_Borghese,_Rome
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Crucifixion fdg oil


The Crucifixion fdg
Painting ID::  6243 		The Crucifixion fdg
1500-03 Wood, 58,5 x 45 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Crucifixion inso oil


Crucifixion inso
Painting ID::  6244 		Crucifixion inso
1503 Pine panel, 138 x 99 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
1503 Pine_panel,_138_x_99_cm Alte_Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Rest on the Flight into Egypt dfg oil


The Rest on the Flight into Egypt dfg
Painting ID::  6245 		The Rest on the Flight into Egypt dfg
1504 Wood, 69 x 51 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
1504 Wood,_69_x_51_cm Staatliche_Museen,_Berlin
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Martyrdom of St Catherine gdf oil


The Martyrdom of St Catherine gdf
Painting ID::  6246 		The Martyrdom of St Catherine gdf
1504-05 Wood, 112 x 95 cm Collection of the Reformed Church, Budapest
   
   
     
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     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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