Tag: Torgau

Hartenfels Castle (Torgau)

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)

Hunting near Hartenfels Castle (1540)

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…

Katharina von Bora

(1499–1552) Katharina von Bora in Film: Luther 2003 Director: Eric Till Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Alfred Molina   Born January 29 1499 Lippendorf, Saxony (Germany) Died December 20 1552 Torgau, Saxony (Germany) Husband Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Torgau (Germany)

Torgau in Art: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Hunting near Hartenfels Castle 1540 Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland     Highlights: • Hartenfels Castle: Schloßstraße 27, 04860 Torgau, Germany Births: • Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463-1525) Deaths: • Bora, Katharina von (1499-1552) See…

Lucas Cranach the Elder

(1472–1553) Lucas Müller The artist’s works: Crucifixion of Christ c.1500–1501 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Flight into Egypt 1509 Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes c.1509–1510 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Saint Anne with donor c.1514 Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Saint Christopher c.1514 Museo…

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony

(1463–1525) Frederick the Wise Elector of Saxony (1486–1525) Frederick the Wise in Art: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Deer hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise 1529 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna     Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Portrait of Frederick the Wise c.1525…