Best Lucas Cranach Elder
Painted in 1529 by Lucas Cranach the Elder, this diptych features paired portraits of Protestant reformer Martin Luther and his wife, former nun Katharina von Bora. The oil-on-panel paintings were originally commissioned by Johann the Constant and later copied extensively by the Cranach workshop. Th...
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker who served as court painter to the Electors of Saxony in Wittenberg. The Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a biblical subject depicting the Holy Family—Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus—pausing during their escape to...
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker who served as court painter to the Electors of Saxony in Wittenberg. His workshop produced numerous woodcuts depicting hunting scenes, reflecting the sporting culture of the Saxon electoral court. The 'Stag Hunt' woo...
The Crucifixion by Lucas Cranach the Elder is a notable 16th-century woodcut that exemplifies the intricate printmaking of the German Renaissance. The work translates the biblical execution of Christ into a densely figured devotional image, capturing the emotional intensity of the scene with detaile...
Lucas Cranach the Elder’s 1507 woodcut portrays the iconic story of St. George and the Dragon. The artwork showcases the medieval legend of the Christian martyr slaying the beast, a popular narrative within the German Renaissance period. Cranach's detailed execution makes this piece notable for its...
The Wittenberg Altarpiece is a 1547 work by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop in the Stadtkirche St. Marien in Wittenberg, Germany. Its panels connect Lutheran worship with biblical events: Philip Melanchthon performs baptism, Johannes Bugenhagen hears confession, and Martin Luther preaches b...
Lucas Cranach the Elder's Judgment of Paris is a 1508 woodcut based on the classical myth in which the Trojan prince Paris judges the beauty of three goddesses. The composition translates an ancient subject into the visual language and dress conventions of the German Renaissance. It is relevant to v...
The Weimar Altarpiece is a Lutheran triptych in the City Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Weimar, commonly associated with Lucas Cranach the Elder and completed by Lucas Cranach the Younger after his father's death. Its central panel depicts the Crucifixion, with Christ's blood directed toward Cra...
The Tournament is a 1509 woodcut associated with German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. The print depicts mounted participants and spectators gathered around a jousting event, using dense black lines and repeated figures to convey movement, ceremony, and crowding. It belongs to Cranach's...
"Venus and Cupid" is a 1506 woodcut created by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. The artwork depicts the Roman goddess Venus standing nude with her son Cupid, who is shown eating honey from a hive, referencing an idiom about the bittersweet nature of love. The Latin inscription...
Saint George Fighting the Dragon is a 16th-century woodcut by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder. The artwork illustrates the legendary tale of the Christian saint mounted on horseback, defeating a dragon to rescue a princess. Cranach utilized the woodcut medium to create stark, h...
Lucas Cranach the Elder's Samson and Delilah is a German woodcut depicting Delilah cutting the sleeping hero's hair, the source of his biblical strength.
Dürer's Dresden Altarpiece (c. 1496–97), an early work depicting the Virgin and Child flanked by saints, is now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden.
