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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.
The Suicide of Lucretia is an oil on lime panel painting by Albrecht Dürer, signed and dated 1518, in the collection of the Alte Pinakothek, Munich. It shows the Ancient Rome heroine Lucretia (died c. 510 BC), wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus , in a tall and narrow framing, in the act of killing herself rather than face the shame of being ...
Since the Renaissance, the suicide of Lucretia has been an enduring subject for visual artists, including Titian, Rembrandt, Dürer, Raphael, Botticelli, Jörg Breu the Elder, Johannes Moreelse, Artemisia Gentileschi, Damià Campeny, Eduardo Rosales, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and others. Most commonly, either the moment of the rape is shown, or ...
Lucas Cranach the Elder: Lucretia ; Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) Alternative names: Lucas Cranach. Description-German painter, drawer, printmaker and ...
Lucretia (Cranach) Usage on www.wikidata.org Q28039382; Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Collection/Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Creator/Lucas Cranach the Elder
The museum had bought the painting, attributed to German Renaissance master Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop, from a New York g Pennsylvania museum to sell painting in settlement with heirs of ...
Wittenberg Cranach Altarpiece (or Reformation Altarpiece) is one of the major Lutheran winged altarpieces created by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his son Lucas Cranach the Younger for the Evangelical Lutheran City and Parish Church of St. Mary's in Wittenberg, Germany.
After the bombing of Schneeberg on April 19, 1945, the altarpiece was rescued from the already burning church by many volunteers. Until 1969, some of the paintings were hung in the Trinity Church. After an extensive restoration, the double-opening winged altar can now be viewed in the form intended by Cranach. [3]