Artist: Lucas Cranach (1472 - 1553)
Nationality: German
Movement: German School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Lucas Cranach was born in Kronach, Germany, where his father trained him in draughtsmanship. He was appointed court painter in Wittenberg in 1504 by the Elector of Saxony and afterwards designed altarpieces, created woodcuts, and engraved coins. He also painted portraits of Netherlands royalty, Emperor Maximilian and son Charles V in 1509. Cranach was an advocate of the Reformation, painting a portrait of its forerunner, Martin Luther. Cranach was one of the most famous German artists of its time.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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Pietro Antonio Pazzi Portrait of a Man, after Lucas Cranach Engraving 18th century
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Portrait of a Man, 1537 Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553); School of
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1530 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on
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Study of a Lion
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Frederick III (1463-1525), the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1533 Attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder
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Samson and Delilah Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood; 22 1/2 x 14
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Martyre de saint Barthélemy (1561 en) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (école)
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Lucas Cranach the Younger Portrait of a Man oil on parchment on panel 1545
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John, Duke of Saxony, ca. 1537 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood; 25
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The Judgment of Paris, possibly ca. 1528 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood;
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The Martyrdom of Saint John, Lucas Cranach (Germany, Kronach, 1472 - 1553) , 1510, Woodcut
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Artist: Lucas Cranach Title: Portrait of Anna Buchner, née Lindacker Date: about 1518 Medium: oil
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Lucas Cranach the Younger St. Peter Woodcut 16th century
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Lucas Cranach the Younger St. John in a Landscape Woodcut 1540
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Lucas Cranach the Younger St. John in a Landscape Woodcut 1540
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Portrait of a Man with a Gold-Embroidered Cap, 1532 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil
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Lucas Cranach the Younger St. Luke Woodcut 16th century
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Portrait of a Man with a Rosary, probably 1508–9 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil
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Artist: Lucas Cranach Title: St. Christopher Date: 1506 Medium: chiaroscuro woodcut Dimensions: H.11-13/16 x W.7-1/2
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Christ Before Pilate, Lucas Cranach (Germany, Kronach, 1472 - 1553) , 1509, Woodcut
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Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder Title: Madonna and Child with Grapes Date: about 1537 Medium:
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The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, ca. 1510 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood;
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Artist: Lucas Cranach Title: Portrait of Moritz Buchner Date: 1518 Medium: oil on panel Dimensions:
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Une chasse au cerf (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (école)
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Une chasse au cerf (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (école)
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Une chasse au cerf (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (école)
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Lucas Cranach the Younger Philip Melanchthon, full-length towards the right Woodcut 1561
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Portrait of a Man
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FREDERIC III LE SAGE ; DIT AUTREFOIS JEAN FREDERIC LE MAGNANIME (1532) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien (atelier)
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The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom, Lucas Cranach (Germany, Kronach, 1472 - 1553) , 1509, Engraving
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Lucas Cranach the Younger Martin Luther, full-length to the right Woodcut 16th century
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Lucas Cranach - Eve c. 1530 oil on panel The Art Institute of Chicago German
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Homme nu, brandissant une épée (1508 en) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux
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Lucrèce se poignardant (3e quart 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (imitation)
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Lucas Cranach, Lovis Corinth (Germany, Tapiau, 1858 - 1925) , 1920, Lithograph on handmade paper
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Venus and Cupid, ca. 1525-27 Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood; Diameter 4
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Une chasse au cerf (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (école)
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Lucas Cranach the Elder - Eve c. 1530 Oil on panel Norton Simon Museum German
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Martin Luther (1483-1546) Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood; 13 1/8
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Christ and the Adulteress, mid-1540s Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood; 6 1/4
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VENUS ET L'AMOUR (1515) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien (attribué)
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Christ Blessing the Children, mid-1540s Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472-1553)Oil on wood; 6 1/2
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Jjean Frédéric le magnanime (1531) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien
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Portrait d'un homme coiffé d'un bonnet (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux
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Le Jugement dernier (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (école)
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JEAN-FREDERIC LE MAGNANIME, DUC ET ELECTEUR DE SAXE (1503-1554) (1532) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien
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PORTRAIT DE JEAN FREDERIC LE MAGNANIME (1ère moitié 16e siècle ; 3e quart 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien (dit)
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PORTRAIT PRESUME DE MAGDALENA LUTHER (1523. entre (?) ; 1528. et (?)) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien
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Lucas Cranach - The Cruxifiction 1538 oil on panel The Art Institute of Chicago German
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Lucas Cranach - Adam c. 1530 oil on panel The Art Institute of Chicago German
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Lucas Cranach the Elder - Portrait of a Man 1522 oil on panel National Gallery of Art German
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Portrait de Luther (2e quart 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien (d'après)
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Lucas Cranach the Elder - Adam c. 1530 Oil on panel Norton Simon Museum German
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Lucas Cranach - Lucretia 16th century Oil on panel University of California, Berkeley Art Museum German
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VENUS DEBOUT DANS UN PAYSAGE (1529) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien
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Trois hommes en armure (1927) by DELACROIX Eugène ; CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (inspiré par)
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Chevaliers en armure de la Renaissance allemande (1927) by DELACROIX Eugène ; CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (inspiré par)
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Femme nue, de dos, chevalier en armure, et casques (1927) by DELACROIX Eugène ; CRANACH Lucas le Vieux (inspiré par)
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Portrait en buste d'un jeune garçon aux yeux bleus (4e quart 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle) by CRANACH Lucas le Vieux
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L'AGE D'ARGENT ; DIT AUTREFOIS LES EFFETS DE LA JALOUSIE (1535) by CRANACH Lucas l'Ancien

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (10)
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Indianapolis Museum of Art: Museum Receives Major Old Master Collection
The Clowes Collection, assembled in the 1930s, 40s and 50s by George H. A. Clowes, is one of the finest private collections of Old Master art ever formed in the Midwest, said IMA director Bret Waller. The Clowes Collection includes paintings ...
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza: From Cranach to Monet: Masterpieces from the Perez Simon Collection
The Pérez Simón Collection Comprising more than 1,000 works and including paintings, sculpture, drawings, the decorative arts and manuscripts from the 14th to the 19th centuries, this Mexican collection is well known and highly esteemed by a...
First Street Gallery: THE FOUNTAINS - Lisa Zwerling
The Fountain of Youth is dedicated to the memory of the five Robinson brothers: the artist's father David and her four uncles Samuel, Julius, Irving, and Ephraim. Irving appears in The Fountain of Youth as the old man carried by the young man o...
National Galery of Art: From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings from Basel and Berlin
The exhibition is made possible by UBS AG. The Gallery has long been devoted to collecting and exhibiting early German and Swiss art, and this rich and varied showing o...
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College: The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints
The exhibition of 62 prints is organized by the National Lending Service of the National Gallery of Art in Washington. It will comprise prints ranging in date from 1500 to 1601. Together, they suggest that the portrait is inextricable from its so...
Portland Museum of Art: German Expressionist Graphics: The Bradford Collection
The Bradford collection features the work of 16 artists, including self-portraits by Max Beckmann in drypoint, lithography, and woodcut, monumental etchings from Käthe Kollwitz's series on the Peasant War, and prints by Otto Dix that convey the de...
Cleveland Museum of Art: From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints
The finest impressions by Rembrandt (1606–1669), one of the most experimental and greatest printmakers, are now exceedingly rare, so that it is important to take advantage when an opportunity appears. A beautiful impression of The ...
Haus der Kunst: Masterpieces from Fra Angelico to Bonnard The Collection Dr. Gustav Rau
After the exhibition in Paris and Cologne, this priceless collection is now to be seen in its noticeably enlarged form in Haus der Kunst. A selection of 100 paintings demonstrates in an exemplary manner the development of European painting from th...
Sam Fogg: Medieval and Renaissance Sculpture, 1100-1520
The collecting of Medieval art is enjoying something of a renaissance. The past five years have seen a series of highly acclaimed exhibitions including most recently, Medieval Ivories from the Thomson Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art,...
Guggenheim Museum: Kunsthistorisches Museum, State Hermitage Museum, and Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Sign Tri-Lateral Agreement in Vienna for the Development of Long- Term Collaborative Programs
The tri-lateral agreement will establish a new level of international collaboration. The broad strategic objectives of the alliance are: to expand international cultural relations; to make each museum's collections accessible to broader audienc...

Further Artwork and Information:

Lucas Cranach, ein Künstler der Reformation
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Wittenberg, Lucas Cranach the Elder
Wittenberg, Lucas Cranach der Ältere
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Lucas Cranach the Younger - Olgas Gallery
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach, ein Künstler der Reformation
Lucas Cranach the Elder - Olgas Gallery
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