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 The Virgin Nursing the Child c.1512 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Saint…

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) Portrait of Frederick the Wise c.1525 Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia     Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Stag Hunt of Elector Frederick the Wise 1529…