CRANACH, Lucas the Elder

German painter (b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar). 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, 1515C86,
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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of a Woman dfg oil


Portrait of a Woman dfg
Painting ID::  6268 		Portrait of a Woman dfg
1526 Oil on wood, 88,5 x 58,5 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of a Woman (detail) dfg55 oil


Portrait of a Woman (detail) dfg55
Painting ID::  6269 		Portrait of a Woman (detail) dfg55
1526 Oil on wood The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
1526 Oil_on_wood The_Hermitage,_St._Petersburg
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Hans Melber gfh oil


Hans Melber gfh
Painting ID::  6270 		Hans Melber gfh
1526 Wood, 60 x 39 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich
1526 Wood,_60_x_39_cm Alte_Pinakothek,_Munich
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portraits of Martin Luther and Catherine Bore dfg oil


Portraits of Martin Luther and Catherine Bore dfg
Painting ID::  6271 		Portraits of Martin Luther and Catherine Bore dfg
1529 Oil on wood, 37 x 23 cm (each) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of a Young Woman dfg oil


Portrait of a Young Woman dfg
Painting ID::  6272 		Portrait of a Young Woman dfg
c. 1530 Oil on wood, 42 x 49 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     
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     CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
     German painter (b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar). 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, 1515C86,

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