|
|
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,
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 41966
The Virgin under the arbol of apples
mk166
1530
I Wave on cloth transfered from wood Museum of the Ermitage
San Petersburgo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 42644
Marches Luther
MK169
1533 Panel 20.5x14.5cm Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswijk, Germany
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 56556
sjalvportratt
mk248 detta sjalvportatt som cranacb gjorde mot slutet av sitt liv visar en typisk, framgangrik borgmastarte men ger ingen antydan om bans delikata ocb aventyrliga arbete som diplomat. cranacb ledde ocksa en blomstrande verk stad som ban lamnade over till sin son ocb elev, lucas d.y.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 57290
Venus stand landscape
mk255 for in 1529. 0.38 x 0.25 meters canvas. Paris, the Louvre
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 57291
Madeleine Luther portrait
mk255 for in the years 1523-1528. 0.41 x 0.26 meters canvas. Paris, the Louvre
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Prev Artist Next Artist
|
|
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: | Adolphe Bouguereau | Palma Vecchio | Tommaso Minardi | May Wilson Preston | Edmond Aman-Jean |
|
|
