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Lucas Cranach the Elder
b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar. German painter and printmaker. He took his name from the town of his birth. Little is known about his early life or training. In Vienna (c. 1501 ?C 04) he painted some notable portraits and landscapes characteristic of the Danube school. From 1505 to 1550 he was court painter in Wittenberg, where he achieved great success and wealth painting portraits, mythological subjects, and altarpieces for Protestant and Catholic churches. He attracted so many young artists to Wittenberg that the town became an art centre. A friend of Martin Luther, Cranach became known as the chief pictorial propagandist of the Protestant cause in Germany. He produced numerous engravings and more than 100 woodcuts, notably for the first German edition of the New Testament (1522). After his death, his style was perpetuated by his son, Lucas the Younger (1515 C 86).
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Painting ID:: 90418
Emilia and Sidonia
1535(1535)
Medium oil on linden
Dimensions Height: 62 cm (24.4 in). Width: 89 cm (35 in).
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Painting ID:: 90420
Portrait of Elector Frederick the Wise in his Old Age
1525(1525)
Medium oil on limewood panel
Dimensions Height: 56 cm (22 in). Width: 38 cm (15 in).
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Painting ID:: 90421
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1510(1510)
Medium oil on linden
Dimensions Height: 28 cm (11 in). Width: 21 cm (8.3 in).
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Painting ID:: 91093
The Crucifixion
1532(1532)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 30 x 21.5 in (76.2 x 54.6 cm)
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Painting ID:: 91130
Torgauer Ferstenaltar
1509(1509)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 120 x 99 cm
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar. German painter and printmaker. He took his name from the town of his birth. Little is known about his early life or training. In Vienna (c. 1501 ?C 04) he painted some notable portraits and landscapes characteristic of the Danube school. From 1505 to 1550 he was court painter in Wittenberg, where he achieved great success and wealth painting portraits, mythological subjects, and altarpieces for Protestant and Catholic churches. He attracted so many young artists to Wittenberg that the town became an art centre. A friend of Martin Luther, Cranach became known as the chief pictorial propagandist of the Protestant cause in Germany. He produced numerous engravings and more than 100 woodcuts, notably for the first German edition of the New Testament (1522). After his death, his style was perpetuated by his son, Lucas the Younger (1515 C 86).
. Related Artists to Lucas Cranach the Elder: | Samuel Jackson | BACKER, Jacob de | Fernando Gallego | VIGEE-LEBRUN, Elisabeth | Mikhail Vrubel |
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