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Lucas Cranach the Elder

1472–1553 · Holy Roman Empire

Born
1472 · Kronach
Died
1553 · Weimar

282 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker, known for his portraits of German princes and leaders of the Protestant Reformation. He painted religious subjects and nude figures from mythology and religion throughout his career.

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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. 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. Cranach had a large workshop and many of his works exist in different versions; his son Lucas Cranach the Younger and others continued to create versions of his father's works for decades after his death. He has been considered the most successful German artist of his time.

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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Study of a Stag (recto); Study of Goats (verso)

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Study of a Stag (recto); Study of Goats (verso), about 1520–1530

Brush with brown and red brown wash, heightened with white gouache (recto); brush with black, gray, and green wash, black chalk (verso)

13.5 × 16.7 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-215347

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Study of a Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Study of a Lion, 1509

Pen and brown ink

6.8 × 11.9 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-205245

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Portrait of a Man

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Portrait of a Man, about 1530

Oil, on paper

26.2 × 20 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-204629

Lucas Cranach the Elder, A Faun and His Family with a Slain Lion

Lucas Cranach the Elder

A Faun and His Family with a Slain Lion, about 1526

Oil on panel

82.9 × 56.2 cm

J. Paul Getty Museum

C24-136445

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Abraham and the Three Angels

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Abraham and the Three Angels, 16th century

Pen and brown ink, brown wash; framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by the artist

12.6 × 10.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-939966

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Ecstacy of St. Mary Magdalen

Lucas Cranach the Elder

The Ecstacy of St. Mary Magdalen, 1506

Woodcut; second state of two (Hollstein)

24.4 × 14.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-457589

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Archangel Michael Weighing a Soul

Lucas Cranach the Elder

The Archangel Michael Weighing a Soul, 1506

Woodcut; first state of two

24.9 × 14.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-454838

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus

Lucas Cranach the Elder

The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, 1506

Woodcut; second of two

22.6 × 15.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-454827

Lucas Cranach the Elder, A Silver Statuette of an Angel Playing the Harp, from the "Wittenberg Reliquaries"

Lucas Cranach the Elder

A Silver Statuette of an Angel Playing the Harp, from the "Wittenberg Reliquaries", 1509

Woodcut

13 × 9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-449265

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Bust of Saint Peter, from the "Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries"; verso: Martin Luther (1548)

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Bust of Saint Peter, from the "Large Series of Wittenberg Reliquaries"; verso: Martin Luther (1548), 1509

Woodcut

15.3 × 11.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-449264

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Venus and Cupid

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Venus and Cupid, 1506

Woodcut

28.2 × 19.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-449268

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Knight on Horseback Riding Towards the Right

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Knight on Horseback Riding Towards the Right, 1506

Woodcut

17.7 × 12.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-449262

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