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 Portrait of Dr. J. Scheyring ds oil


Portrait of Dr. J. Scheyring ds
Painting ID::  6283 		Portrait of Dr. J. Scheyring ds
Panel Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Panel Mus??es_Royaux_des_Beaux-Arts,_Brussels
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg fg oil


Portrait of Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg fg
Painting ID::  6284 		Portrait of Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg fg
Wood, 29,9 x 23 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Wood,_29,9_x_23_cm Alte_Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Martin Luther dfg oil


Portrait of Martin Luther dfg
Painting ID::  6285 		Portrait of Martin Luther dfg
1543 Panel Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
1543 Panel Germanisches_Nationalmuseum,_Nuremberg
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and his Wife df oil


Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and his Wife df
Painting ID::  6286 		Diptych with the Portraits of Luther and his Wife df
Oil on wood, 38 x 24 cm Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
Oil_on_wood,_38_x_24_cm Museo_Poldi_Pezzoli,_Milan
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon y oil


Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon y
Painting ID::  6287 		Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon y
1543 Oil on wood, 21 x 16 cm (each one) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
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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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