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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:: 91132
Venus and Cupid
1509(1509)
Medium Oil on canvas transferred from wood
Dimensions Height: 213 cm (83.9 in). Width: 102 cm (40.2 in).
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Painting ID:: 91439
Ritter mit zwei Sohnen
1518-1521
Medium oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 91549
Die Bezahlung
1532(1532)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 108 x 119 cm (42.5 x 46.9 in)
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Painting ID:: 91623
courtesans
oil on panel
81.9 x 120.9 cm
circa 1537
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Painting ID:: 92129
Portrat des Dr. Johannes Cuspinian
c. 1502-1503
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions Deutsch: 59 X 45 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: | MASTER of the Life of the Virgin | PALMERINO DI GUIDO | William Morris Prints | Henry Mark Anthony | Joseph Siffred Duplessis |
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