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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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Painting ID:: 20101
Portrait of a Lord of Kockeritz (mk05)
Wood 25 1/4 x 16 1/2\'\'(64 x 42 cm)Identified as Caspar von Kockeritz Entered the Louvre in 1893
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Painting ID:: 20102
Portrait Supposed to Be of Magdalena Luther (mk05)
Wood,16 1/4 x 101/4''(41 x 26 cm)Acquired in 1910
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Painting ID:: 28732
AHunt in Honor of Charles V at Torgau Castle
mk61
1544
Oil on panel
114x175cm
Lucas Cranach the elder and Lucas Cranach the younger
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Painting ID:: 28897
Portrait of Lucas Cranach the Elder
mk65
Oil on panel
25 3/16x19 5/16in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 30242
The Stag Hunt
nn05
1544
The utopia of common huntsmanship
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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,
. Related Artists to Lucas Cranach: | Ivan Bilibin | Giotto | Benjamin Vautier | Germain-Fabius Brest | Raphaelle Peale |
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