Portraits by Lucas Cranach the Elder

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472 – 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was a court painter to the Electors of Saxony and is famous for his portraits of German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced. He was a close friend of Martin Luther, and he is commemorated in the liturgical calendars of the Episcopal and Lutheran churches.

Cranach also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and then later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran religious concerns in art. Cranach had a large workshop, and many of his works exist in different versions. His son Lucas Cranach the Younger, and others continued to create versions of his works for decades after his death. He is considered the most successful German artist of his time.

Lucas Cranach the Elder

• Name: Lucas Cranach the Elder
• Born: 1472, Kronach, Upper Franconia, Germany
• Died: 1553 (aged 81), Weimar, Germany
• Nationality: German
• Movement: German Renaissance
• Notable Works:
  • Portrait of Martin Luther
  • An ill-matched Pair
  • Portrait of Lucas Cranach the Elder
  • Portraits by Lucas Cranach the Elder
    • Saint Helena with the Cross
    • A Prince of Saxony
    • A Princess of Saxony
    • Portrait of the Elector John Frederic the Magnanimous of Saxony
    • Lukas Spielhausen

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“Let the wife make the husband glad to come home,
and let him make her sorry to see him leave.”
– Martin Luther

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Photo Credit: 1)Lucas Cranach the Elder [Public domain]

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