Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) & Workshop John Frederick the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony 1533 Oil on panel, 20 x 14 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This painting was made following the mechanised procedures used by various German workshops in the…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Adam 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 81 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Dürer made this panel and its companion, Eve upon returning from his second trip to Italy in 1505. Both works constitute an effort to synthesize…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Eve 1507 Oil on panel, 209 x 80 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Like the painting of Adam, represented on a separate panel, Eve’s unstable posture, her rhythmical movements and her affected gestures are sometimes interpreted as a…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Portrait of a Man 1521 Oil on panel, 50 x 36 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This portrait is one of Dürer’s great creations. It offers a three-quarters view of an unidentified person. Dürer places him in front…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Self-portrait 1498 Oil on panel, 52 x 41 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In the same year that he published the Apocalipsis cum figuris, Dürer painted himself as a gentleman, dressed in light toned clothes and looking his…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Lot and His Daughters (reverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington This scene is painted on the reverse side of Dürer‘s Madonna and Child. The story of Lot and his daughters…
Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Madonna and Child (obverse) c.1496–1499 Oil on panel, 52.4 x 42.2 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Dürer was born in Nuremberg and received a typical medieval training from his goldsmith father and from the Nuremberg painter Michael…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Terminus, the Device of Erasmus c.1532 Oil on wood, 21.6 x 21.6 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland In the spirit of the Italian Renaissance, Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466–1536), the celebrated Dutch humanist and scholar,…
Address: Schloßstraße 27, 04860 Torgau, Germany Opened: 1470 Hartenfels Castle in Art: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland See also: • Castles | Torgau, Saxony (Germany)
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Oil on wood transferred to masonite, 116.8 x 170.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The Protestant rulers of Saxony commissioned this animated hunt scene, set near their residence seen in…