Lucas the Elder Cranach
ARTISTLucas Cranach the Elder 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.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Lucas the Elder Cranach, wall art & digital downloads
1 works by Lucas the Elder Cranach (German, 1472–1553) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Lucas Cranach the Elder 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.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Lucas the Elder Cranach's work on the site falls under Prints (1).
By movement, it's catalogued as Renaissance (1).
Culture: German (1).
By orientation: 1 landscape.
Other German artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Albrecht Dürer — 1,592 artworks
- Hans Sebald Beham — 482 artworks
- Lucas Cranach the Elder — 382 artworks
- Hans Holbein The Younger — 227 artworks
- Hans Burgkmair — 189 artworks
- Barthel Beham — 97 artworks
- Daniel Hopfer — 77 artworks
- Sebald Beham — 55 artworks
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