Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder
German, 1472–1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Northern Renaissance painter. 314 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings. Lucas Cranach the Elder was born in Kronach.
Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm. He was a close friend of Martin Luther, and eleven portraits of that reformer by him survive.
Cranach also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran religious concerns in art. He continued to paint nude subjects from mythology and religion throughout his career.
Series & cycles
Works by Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Judgment of Paris
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion
A Princess of Saxony
Hunting near Hartenfels Castle
Portrait of a Man with a Rosary
Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony
Madonna and Child
The Baptism of Christ
Johann (1498–1537), Duke of Saxony
Venus and Cupid
Portrait of a Man
The Nymph of the Spring
Portrait of a Woman
Hunt at the Castle of Torgau in honour of Charles V
Friedrich III (1463–1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony
The Judgement of Paris
The Crucifixion
A Prince of Saxony
Hunt at the Castle of Torgau in honour of Ferdinand I
Melancholy
The Stag Hunt of the Elector Frederic the Wise (1463-1525) of Saxony
Venus with Cupid Stealing Honey
Virgin and Child with the Saints Catherine and Barbara
The Elector Frederic the Wise of Saxony (1463-1525) with the Saints Ursula (left) and Genevieve (right)
Virgin and Child Adored by the Infant St John
Portrait Margrave Casimir of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
The Virgin and Child with Four Female Saints
Nativity
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne
Adam and Eve
Judith with the head of Holopherne
Adam and Eve
The Virgin and the Child, Saint John and Angels
The Fall of Man: Adam
A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise of Saxony
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