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 Apollo and Diana fdg oil


Apollo and Diana fdg
Painting ID::  6232 		Apollo and Diana fdg
Oil on panel, 83,8 x 56,.5 cm Royal Collection, Windsor
Oil_on_panel,_83,8_x_56,.5_cm Royal_Collection,_Windsor
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder The Three Graces dg oil


The Three Graces dg
Painting ID::  6233 		The Three Graces dg
1535 Oil on wood, 50,5 x 35,7 cm Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Lucretia df oil


Lucretia df
Painting ID::  6234 		Lucretia df
c. 1524 Lime panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich
c._1524 Lime_panel Alte_Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Charity fdgr oil


Charity fdgr
Painting ID::  6235 		Charity fdgr
Oil on panel, 50 x 34 cm Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain fdg oil


Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain fdg
Painting ID::  6236 		Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain fdg
1518 Oil on wood, 59 x 92 cm Museum der Bildenden K??nste, Leipzig
   
   
     
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     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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