Lucas Cranach

Kronach 1472-Weimar 1553 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,
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Lucas Cranach Doppelbildnis Herzog Heinrichs des Frommen und seiner Gemahlin Herzogin Katharina von Mecklenburg oil


Doppelbildnis Herzog Heinrichs des Frommen und seiner Gemahlin Herzogin Katharina von Mecklenburg
Painting ID::  75979 		Doppelbildnis Herzog Heinrichs des Frommen und seiner Gemahlin Herzogin Katharina von Mecklenburg
1514(1514) Oil on canvas 184.5 ?? 82.5 cm (72.6 ?? 32.5 in) each cjr
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Die Heilige Dorothea oil


Die Heilige Dorothea
Painting ID::  77058 		Die Heilige Dorothea
Date c. 1530 Medium tempera/wood Dimensions 77??59cm cyf
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Portrat der Herzogin Katharina von Mecklenburg oil


Portrat der Herzogin Katharina von Mecklenburg
Painting ID::  77199 		Portrat der Herzogin Katharina von Mecklenburg
1514(1514) Oil on canvas 185 ?? 82,5 cm cjr
1514(1514) _ Oil_on_canvas _ 185_??_82,5_cm _ cjr
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Portrait d'une noble dame saxonne oil


Portrait d'une noble dame saxonne
Painting ID::  77850 		Portrait d'une noble dame saxonne
1534(1534) Oil on canvas 0.5 ?? 0.4 cm (0.2 ?? 0.1 in) cjr
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Martyrium der Hl. Katharina oil


Martyrium der Hl. Katharina
Painting ID::  78400 		Martyrium der Hl. Katharina
1506(1506) Oil on panel 126 x 141 cm cjr
1506(1506) _ Oil_on_panel _ 126_x_141_cm _ cjr
   
   
     
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     Kronach 1472-Weimar 1553 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,

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