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 The Nymph of the Fountain fdg oil


The Nymph of the Fountain fdg
Painting ID::  6237 		The Nymph of the Fountain fdg
1534 Panel Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1534 Panel Walker_Art_Gallery,_Liverpool
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Venus and Cupid dfg oil


Venus and Cupid dfg
Painting ID::  6238 		Venus and Cupid dfg
1509 Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 213 x 102 cm The Hermitage, St. Petersburg
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Venus Standing in a Landscape fdg oil


Venus Standing in a Landscape fdg
Painting ID::  6239 		Venus Standing in a Landscape fdg
1529 Oil on wood, 380 x 255 cm Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
1529 Oil_on_wood,_380_x_255_cm Mus??e_du_Louvre,_Paris
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Cupid Complaining to Venus df oil


Cupid Complaining to Venus df
Painting ID::  6240 		Cupid Complaining to Venus df
1530 Oil on wood, 81,3 x 54,6 cm National Gallery, London
1530 Oil_on_wood,_81,3_x_54,6_cm National_Gallery,_London
   
   
     
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Venus and Cupid dsf oil


Venus and Cupid dsf
Painting ID::  6241 		Venus and Cupid dsf
1531 Oil on canvas, 176 x 80 cm Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
   
   
     
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     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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