CRANACH, Lucas the Elder

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderAdam and Eve (detail)1526Oil and tempera on maplewoodCourtauld Gallery, London

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderAdam and Eve (detail)1526Oil and tempera on maplewoodCourtauld Gallery, London

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderAdam and Eve (detail)c. 1510Oil and tempera on limewood, 58 x 44 cmMuzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderAdam and Eve1533Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 51 x 35 cmStaatliche Museen, Berlin

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderApollo and Diana (detail)c. 1526Oil and tempera on beechwoodRoyal Collection, London

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderApollo and Diana (detail)c. 1526Oil and tempera on beechwoodRoyal Collection, London

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderApollo and Dianac. 1526Oil and tempera on beechwood, 85 x 57 cmRoyal Collection, London

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder

Beheading of John the Baptist

1515

Oil and tempera on limewood, 85 x 58 cm

Archbishop's Palace, Kroměříž

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder

Beheading of John the Baptist (detail)

1515

Oil and tempera on limewood

Archbishop's Palace, Kroměříž

CRANACH, Lucas the Elder

Beheading of John the Baptist (detail)

1515

Oil and tempera on limewood

Archbishop's Palace, Kroměříž

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderCaritas (Charity)1534Oil and tempera on woodMuseum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderCaritas (detail)1534Oil and tempera on woodMuseum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderA Faun and his Family with a Slain Lionc. 1526Oil and tempera on wood, 83 x 56 cmJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderA Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion (detail)c. 1526Oil and tempera on woodJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderCupid Complaining to Venus1526-27Oil on wood, 81 x 55 cmNational Gallery, London

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderCupid Complaining to Venus (detail)1526-27Oil on wood, 81 x 55 cmNational Gallery, London

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderJudith Dining with Holofernes1531Oil and tempera on limewood, 99 x 73 cmSchlossmuseum, Gotha

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderJudith Dining with Holofernes (detail)1531Oil and tempera on limewoodSchlossmuseum, Gotha

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderJudith Victoriousc. 1530Beech panel, 75 x 56 cmJagdschloss Grunewald, Berlin

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderJudith with the Head of Holofernes1526-30Oil and tempera on limewood, 87 x 58 cmStaatliche Museen, Kassel

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderLucretia (detail)1532Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 38 x 25 cmAkademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderLucretia1533Red beechwood panel, 37 x 24 cmStaatliche Museen, Berlin

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderReclining River Nymph at the Fountain1518Oil on wood, 59 x 92 cmMuseum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderReclining Water Nymph1515-20Oil and tempera on limewood, 58 x 87 cmJagdschloss Grunewald, Berlin

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalomec. 1530Oil on poplar panel, 87 x 58 cmSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSalome (detail)c. 1530Oil on poplar panelSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSt Dorothea (detail)c. 1530Tempera on wood, 77 x 59 cmAkademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSt Helena (detail)1525Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 40 x 27 cmArt Museum, Cincinnati

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSt Stephen of Hungary1510-15Oil and tempera on limewood, 101 x 30 cmGermanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderChrist at the Column, Adored by Saints (detai)1515Oil and tempera on limewood, 60 x 52 cmGemäldegalerie, Dresden

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderVirgin and Child under an Apple Tree (detail)1525-30Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 87 x 59 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderMadonna and Child with the Infant St John1514Oil and tempera on wood, 71 x 44 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPlague Picture 1516-18Oil and tempera on limewoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPlague Picture (detail)1516-18Oil and tempera on limewoodSzépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderLuther Preaching-Oil on panelLutherhaus, Wittenberg

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPortrait Diptych of Martin Luther and his Wife Katharina von Bora1529Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 38 x 24 cm (each)Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderA Prince of Saxony1517Oil and tempera on limewood, 44 x 34 cmNational Gallery of Art, Washington

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderA Princess of Saxony1517Oil and tempera on limewood, 43 x 34 cmNational Gallery of Art, Washington

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderGeneralised Portrait of a Womanc. 1525Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 38 x 27 cmNational Gallery, London

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Ill-Matched Lovers1531Tempera on woodAkademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPortrait of a Woman1526Oil on wood, 89 x 59 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPortrait of a Clean-Shaven Young Manc. 1500Oil and tempera on wood, 46 x 33 cmHessische Hausstiftung, Kronberg

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPortrait of a Donatrixc. 1508Oil and tempera on oak, 43 x 34 cmKunstmuseum, Basel

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderPortrait of a Donatrix (detail)c. 1508Oil and tempera on oakKunstmuseum, Basel

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderBeheading of St Catherine (detail1515Oil and tempera on limewood, 85 x 58 cmArchbishop's Palace, Kroměříž

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Martyrdom of St Catherine1504-05Oil and tempera on limewood, 112 x 95 cmCollection of the Reformed Church, Budapest

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Martyrdom of St Catherine (detail)1504-05Oil and tempera on limewoodCollection of the Reformed Church, Budapest

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Martyrdom of St Catherine (detail)1504-05Oil and tempera on limewoodCollection of the Reformed Church, Budapest

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Death of Holofernes1531Oil and tempera on limewood, 98 x 76 cmSchlossmuseum, Gotha

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Feast of Herod1533Oil and tempera on limewood, 80 x 113 cmStädelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Feast of Herod (detail)1533Oil and tempera on limewoodStädelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Feast of Herod (detail)1533Oil and tempera on limewoodStädelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderVenus1532Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 38 x 25 cmStädelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderVenus (detail)1532Oil and tempera on red beechwoodStädelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderVenus and Cupid1509Oil on canvas transferred from wood, 213 x 102 cmThe Hermitage, St. Petersburg

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderVenus and Cupidc. 1530Linden panel, 167 x 62 cmStaatliche Museen, Berlin

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderVenus Standing in a Landscape1529Oil on wood, 38 x 25 cmMusée du Louvre, Paris

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderVenus Standing in a Landscape (detail)1529Oil on woodMusée du Louvre, Paris

Lucas Cranach the ElderThe Three Graces (detail)1530Oilprivate collection

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Lucas Cranach the Elder The Three Graces (detail)1531Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Bocca della Verità1525-27Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 111 x 100 cmPrivate collection

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Bocca della Verità (detail)1525-27Oil and tempera on red beechwoodPrivate collection

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Judgment of Parisc. 1513Oil and tempera on limewood, 43 x 32 cmKimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Judgment of Paris (detail)c. 1513Oil and tempera on limewoodKimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderThe Judgment of Paris (detail)c. 1513Oil and tempera on limewoodKimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderYoung Mother with Child (detail)1520sOil and tempera on red beechwoodWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderYoung Mother with Child (detail)1520sOil and tempera on red beechwood, 60 x 37 cmWartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSaxon Princesses Sibylla, Emilia and Sidoniac. 1535Oil on limewood, 62 x 89 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderSaxon Princesses Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia (detail)c. 1535Oil on limewood, 62 x 89 cmKunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderAllegory of Melancholy1532Oil and tempera on wood, 77 x 56 cmMusée d'Unterlinden, Colmar

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CRANACH, Lucas the ElderAllegory of Melancholy (detail)1532Oil and tempera on wood, 77 x 56 cmMusée d'Unterlinden, Colmar

CRANACH, Lucas the ElderAllegory of Melancholy (detail)1532Oil and tempera on woodMusée d'Unterlinden, Colmar

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Lucas Cranach the Elder

(Lucas Cranach der Ältere, c. 1472 – 16 October 1553)

was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of

German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm,

becoming a close friend of Martin Luther.

He also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran

religious concerns in art. He continued throughout his career to paint nude subjects drawn from mythology and religion. He had a large workshop and many works exist in different versions; his son Lucas Cranach the Younger, and others, continued to create

versions of his father's works for decades after his death.

Lucas Cranach the Elder has been considered the most successful German artist of his time.