|
|
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:: 66709
Hl. Anna Selbdritt
1st third of 16th century
61 ?? 40 cm (24.02 ?? 15.75 in)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 66710
Portrat des Kardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg als Hl. Hieronymus im Grunen
Oil on panel
57 ?? 37,6 cm
1527
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 68343
katarina jagellonica
1556. målningen finns nu i krakow
se
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 68432
Hl Antonius
Der heilige Antonius als Eremit von Lucas Cranach d. Ä. um 1520/25 Öl auf Holz 147 x 94,5 Leitmeritz/Biskupstvi Litomericke Tschechische Republik
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Painting ID:: 70115
Die Melancholie
Date 1532(1532)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 76,5 x 56 cm
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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: | Vincenzo Giacomelli | J.F. Hockert | FIGINO, Giovanni Ambrogio | MAITANI, Lorenzo | Bernardo Lopez |
|
|
