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 Adam and Eve fh oil painting


Adam and Eve fh
1528 Oil on wood, 172 x 63 cm and 167 x 61 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Painting ID::  6222
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Adam and Eve fh
1528 Oil on wood, 172 x 63 cm and 167 x 61 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Adam and Eve 01 oil painting


Adam and Eve 01
1531 Lime wood, 170 x 69,5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
Painting ID::  6223
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Adam and Eve 01
1531 Lime wood, 170 x 69,5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Adam and Eve 02 oil painting


Adam and Eve 02
Panel Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
Painting ID::  6224
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Adam and Eve 02
Panel Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Adam and Eve 03 oil painting


Adam and Eve 03
Panel Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Painting ID::  6225
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Adam and Eve 03
Panel Mus??es Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
   
   
     

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Adam and Eve 04 oil painting


Adam and Eve 04
1533 Wood, 47 x 35 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Painting ID::  6226
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
Adam and Eve 04
1533 Wood, 47 x 35 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin
   
   
     

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     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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