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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,
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Painting ID:: 87643
The Three Graces
Date 1535(1535)
Medium Oil on wood
Dimensions Height: 50.5 cm (19.9 in). Width: 35.7 cm (14.1 in).
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Painting ID:: 87706
Salome
1530(1530)
Medium Oil on poplar
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Painting ID:: 87784
Portrait of Emperor Charles V
Date 1533(1533)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 51.2 x 36 cm (20.2 x 14.2 in)
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Painting ID:: 87787
The Law and the Gospel
Date 1529(1529)
Medium Oil on panel
Dimensions 72 x 88.5 cm (28.3 x 34.8 in)
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Painting ID:: 87791
Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree
between 1525(1525) and 1530(1530)
Medium Oil on canvas transferred from panel
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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: | Jacob van Schuppen | Antonio Fontanesi | Carl Heinrich Bloch | Leon Lhermitte | Guido Cagnacci |
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