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German painter (b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar). German painter and engraver. The son of a painter, he settled in Wittenberg c.1504 and was court painter successively under three electors of Saxony. There he maintained a flourishing workshop and was twice burgomaster. Cranach was a close friend of Martin Luther, whose doctrine he upheld in numerous paintings and woodcuts, and he has been called the painter of the Reformation. He was a rapid and prolific painter, and the work turned out by his studio is uneven in quality. Naïve and fanciful, often awkward in draftsmanship, it has, nonetheless, freshness and originality and a warm, rich palette. His portraits are particularly successful. Among his best-known works are Repose in Egypt (Gemäldgalerie, Staatliche Mus., Berlin-Dahlem); Judgment of Paris (Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe); Adam and Eve (Courtauld Inst., London); and Crucifixion (Weimar). The latter contains figures of Luther and Cranach. His many famous protraits include those of Elector John Frederick and Self-Portrait (Uffizi). Cranach was also an accomplished miniaturist. He produced a few copperplates and designs for woodcuts. His son and pupil Lucas Cranach, the Younger, 1515C86,

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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian ff oil painting artist


CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian ff oil painting artist

Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian ff
Painting ID::  6273
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c. 1502 Oil on wood, 59 x 45 cm Oscar Reinhardt Collection, Winterthur

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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian (detail) dfg oil painting artist

Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian (detail) dfg
Painting ID::  6274
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c. 1502 Oil on wood Oscar Reinhardt Collection, Winterthur

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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian (detail) df oil painting artist


CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian (detail) df oil painting artist

Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian (detail) df
Painting ID::  6275
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c. 1502 Oil on wood Oscar Reinhardt Collection, Winterthur

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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Anna Cuspinian dfg oil painting artist


CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Anna Cuspinian dfg oil painting artist

Portrait of Anna Cuspinian dfg
Painting ID::  6276
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c. 1502 Oil on wood, 59 x 45 cm Oscar Reinhardt Collection, Winterthur

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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Anna Cuspinian (detail) dfg oil painting artist


CRANACH, Lucas the Elder Portrait of Anna Cuspinian (detail) dfg oil painting artist

Portrait of Anna Cuspinian (detail) dfg
Painting ID::  6277
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c. 1502 Oil on wood Oscar Reinhardt Collection, Winterthur

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