1503
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John is a 1503 by Lucas Cranach the Elder, a Renaissance work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A man in a red robe stands on the left, looking up at Christ on a wooden cross. The Virgin Mary, in blue, stands on the right, hands clasped in sorrow. Behind them, a dark sky rolls over a quiet landscape. This painting was made in 1503, a time when religious images were central to worship in Germany. Cranach worked during the rise of the Protestant Reformation, and his style mixes deep feeling with clear, sharp lines. The figures are tall and still, with gentle faces, typical of German art at the time. Look next at germany, early 16th century.
The first carved woodblocks were printed on textiles or vellum until about 1400, when the supply of paper became more abundant.
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Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
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