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


St Catherine of Alexandria and St Barbara sdg
Painting ID::  6258 		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


Christ and the Adulteress fgh
Painting ID::  6259 		Christ and the Adulteress fgh
1532 Wood, 82,5 x 121 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
1532 Wood,_82,5_x_121_cm Museum_of_Fine_Arts,_Budapest
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Christ and the Adulteress (detail) dfh oil


Christ and the Adulteress (detail) dfh
Painting ID::  6260 		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


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


Portraits of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony and his wife Katharina von Mecklenburg dfg
Painting ID::  6262 		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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     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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