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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.
Unusually, Lucas Cranach signed and dated the painting in Latin: LUCAS CHRONUS/FACIEBAT/ANNO 1509, visible in the notice hanging on one of the central columns. It is suggested that the choice and treatment of the subject shows that he knew the St Anne altarpiece by Quinten Metsys while still in the master's Antwerp studio.
Lucas Cranach the Elder: Lucretia ; Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) Alternative names: Lucas Cranach. Description-German painter, drawer, printmaker and ...
Cranach probably drew on input from his lifelong friend Martin Luther when designing these panels, which illustrate the Protestant concept of Law and Gospel. The earliest forms of the picture are the panels in Gotha, Germany and the National Gallery in Prague; the Gotha panel is thought to be later. The paintings were the basis for many similar ...
The triptych altarpiece was installed at the high altar of the Wittenberg City Parish Church of St. Mary's in 1547, one year after Luther's death, and it is believed to be consecrated by Johannes Bugenhagen, who was the pastor at St. Mary's church in Wittenberg and a good friend of Martin Luther. [2]
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 ...
Paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder in the Uffizi (3 P) Pages in category "Paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery is a series of around thirty paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his studio, in which his son Lucas Cranach the Younger was prominent. It shows the eponymous scene from the Gospel of John (8:1–11) in the New Testament.