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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:: 93724
Torgauer Furstenaltar
1509(1509)
Medium oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 93744
Venus
1532(1532)
Medium oil on panel
Dimensions 37 x 24 cm
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Painting ID:: 94660
Bentivoglio Altarpiece
1488
Type Oil on panel
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Painting ID:: 94720
Madonna with Child with Young John the Baptist
1514
Type Oil on panel
Dimensions 76.6 cm x 58 cm (30.2 in x 23 in)
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Painting ID:: 96623
Der Sterbende
1518(1518)
Medium oil on wood panel
Dimensions 93x36,2 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: | Rowland Lockey | IBBETSON, Julius Caesar | Vasily Perov | Francia Alexandre | BORRASSA, Lluis |
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