Tag: Cranach

Melancholy (1532)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Melancholy 1532 Oil on panel, 61 x 97 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen The sixteenth-century artist Lucas Cranach has become very popular in recent years, prompting a steady succession of exhibitions featuring his mysterious images. SMK…

Portrait of Martin Luther (1532)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Martin Luther 1532 Oil on wood, 37 x 23.5 cm Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen Compare: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin Luther 1525 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol     Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin…

Portrait of a Woman (1525-1527)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of a Woman 1525–1527 Oil on wood, 35.9 × 25.1 cm National Gallery, London Cranach only painted a handful of portraits showing women of the Saxon court during his time as court painter to the…

Portrait of Luther (1532-1533)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Luther 1532–1533 Oil on panel, 19.5 x 14 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Compare: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin Luther 1525 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Bristol     Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Martin…

Adam (c.1533-1537)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Adam c.1533–1537 Oil on panel, 107.5 × 36.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of…

Eve (c.1533-1537)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Eve c.1533–1537 Oil on panel, 107.5 × 36.4 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For most of his long career, Lucas Cranach the Elder was court painter to the Elector of Saxony. Although the general placement of…

The Crucifixion (1538)

Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) The Crucifixion 1538 Oil on panel, 121.1 × 82.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago In this crowded scene, traditional vignettes from the Crucifixion story surround the central figure of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus’s…