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 Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous oil


Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous
Painting ID::  79532 		Portrait of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous
1509(1509) Oil on wood Width: 31.2 cm (12.3 in). Height: 42 cm (16.5 in). cjr
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Portrat des Herzogs Heinrich der Fromme von Sachsen oil


Portrat des Herzogs Heinrich der Fromme von Sachsen
Painting ID::  79835 		Portrat des Herzogs Heinrich der Fromme von Sachsen
1514 Oil on canvas 185 x 82,5 cm cjr
1514 _ Oil_on_canvas 185_x_82,5_cm _ cjr
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Part of a diptych with the portrait of his son, Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous oil


Part of a diptych with the portrait of his son, Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous
Painting ID::  81353 		Part of a diptych with the portrait of his son, Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous
Oil on wood 41.3 x 31 cm Date 1509 cjr
Oil_on_wood_ 41.3_x_31_cm_ _ Date_1509 _ cjr
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Ruhende Quellnymphe oil


Ruhende Quellnymphe
Painting ID::  82204 		Ruhende Quellnymphe
Medium Oil on wood Dimensions 77 x 121.5 cm (30.3 x 47.8 in) cjr
   
   
     
Lucas Cranach Venus Standing in a Landscape oil


Venus Standing in a Landscape
Painting ID::  83575 		Venus Standing in a Landscape
Date 1529(1529) Medium Oil on wood cjr
Date_1529(1529) _ Medium_Oil_on_wood _ 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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