Lucas Cranach the Elder

Who

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), German painter and printmaker.

Notes

Associated with German Renaissance. Known works include The fountain of youth, The Three Graces and Portraits of Henry IV of Saxony and Catherine of Mecklenburg.

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Key works

• The fountain of youth (1546)
• The Three Graces (1531)
• Portraits of Henry IV of Saxony and Catherine of Mecklenburg (1514)
• Maria Hilf (1517)
• Portraits of Johannes and Anna Cuspinian (1502)
• Prince Johann of Anhalt (1520)

In museum collections

• Cupid Complaining to Venus (1526)
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• The Three Graces (1531)
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• The Crucifixion (1509)
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• The Judgment of Paris (1508)
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• The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara (1510)
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• A Stag Hunt with the Elector Friedrich the Wise of Saxony (1529)
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• A Faun and His Family with a Slain Lion (1526)
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• Lukas Spielhausen (1532)
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• The Silver Age (1535)
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• Venus in a Landscape (1529)
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• The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion (1536)
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• The Ill-Matched Couple (1530)
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See the work

Prints

Books

See also

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