Lucas Cranach the Elder ( German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax deːɐ̯ ˈʔɛltəʁə]; c. 1472 - 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax dɛɐ̯ ˈʔɛltəʁə], c. 1472 - 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
Lucas Cranach the Elder (14721553) Tutt'Art Pittura * Scultura
Lucas Cranach, the Elder (born 1472, Cranach, bishopric of Bamberg [now Kronach, Germany]—died October 16, 1553, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar) leading painter of Saxony, and one of the most important and influential artists in 16th-century German art. Died: October 16, 1553 - Weimar Movements and Styles: Northern Renaissance Lucas Cranach the Elder Summary Accomplishments Important Art Biography Influences and Connections Useful Resources Summary of Lucas Cranach the Elder One of Germany's most eminent sixteenth century artists, Cranach's career tends to be divided into three phases. Lucas Cranach the Elder 1472 - 1553 Cranach was one of the leading German painters and printmakers of the early 16th century. As court painter of the Elector of Saxony, the patron of Luther, Cranach is remembered as the chief artist of the Reformation. Lucas Cranach died in Weimar in 1553 at the age of eighty-one. [Hand, John Oliver, with the assistance of Sally E. Mansfield. German Paintings of the Fifteenth through Seventeenth Centuries. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue.
Lucas Cranach the Elder, Landscape with fortified buildings on a rocky
The Met's panel shows at the lower right the insignia of Lucas Cranach the Elder in its form before 1537, and the technique and execution of the painting are entirely consistent with the paintings of Cranach and his workshop in the early 1530s, a date also supported by Judith's costume. The attribution to Cranach has never been challenged. The Collection European Paintings Martin Luther (1483-1546) Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder German probably 1532 Not on view Lucas Cranach and his workshop produced many printed and painted portraits of Martin Luther, with whom the artist was well acquainted. As Koepplin (1974) has pointed out, Cranach the Elder was the first northern artist to treat this theme in the elevated medium of panel painting. The Met's picture is one of three known versions produced by Cranach and his workshop, the others being the 1529 panel by Cranach in the Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, and the panel of about. Provenance Exhibition History References Frame Title: Johann (1498-1537), Duke of Saxony Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472-1553 Weimar) Date: ca. 1534-37 Medium: Oil on beech Dimensions: 25 5/8 x 17 3/8 in. (65.1 x 44.1 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908 Accession Number: 08.19
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Adam, 1533/37. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. Saint Christopher, 1506, published 1509. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. Portrait of Magdalena of Saxony, Wife of Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg, about 1529. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, 1510/15. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. The Third Tournament, with Knights Breaking Lances. Lucas Cranach the Elder German ca. 1528 Not on view Cranach became a celebrated court painter for the electors of Saxony in Wittenberg. Among the most popular mythological scenes produced by him and his workshop for his courtly patrons were those featuring Venus, in particular the Judgment of Paris.
Lucas Cranach the Elder, painter, printmaker, politician, and confidante of the Electors of Saxony, is famously credited with inventing pictorial vocabulary suited to the theological and social changes catalyzed by the Lutheran Reformation. Approximately 1,000 images from Cranach and his enormous workshop survive. Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German painter and printmaker known for his mannered portraits of German royalty, along with biblical scenes which portray elongated, semi-erotic nudes. View Lucas Cranach the Elder's 1,334 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
The Last Supper, 1547 by Lucas Cranach The Elder (14721553, Germany
Adam and Eve is a pair of paintings by German Renaissance master Lucas Cranach the Elder, dating from 1528, [1] housed in the Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Lucas Cranach the Elder. Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1553. Cranach took his surname from Kronach, his native city in Franconia. He trained in the family workshop, then around 1490 travelled to southern Germany. He then moved to Vienna, where he is documented between 1500 and 1504. There, Cranach associated with the humanistic circles that had grown.
