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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:: 92341
Portrat des Dr. Johannes Cuspinian
c. 1502-1503
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions Deutsch: 59 X 45 cm
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Painting ID:: 92378
Kopf des Amor
Date 1509(1509)
Medium Deutsch: Öl auf Leinwand, auf Holz
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Painting ID:: 92379
Das goldene Zeitalter
Date um 1530
Medium Holz
Dimensions 75x 105
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Painting ID:: 92449
The Three Graces
oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 92692
Portrat der Prinzessin Sibylle von Cleve als Braut
1526(1526)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions Deutsch: 55 X 36 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: | david hockney | John Wootton | OOST, Jacob van, the Elder | Giorgio Vasari | John Cleveley |
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