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Artists›Lucas Cranach the Elder

Lucas Cranach the Elder

1472–1553

WA-00016763

Kronach, Germany

PaintingRenaissance

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

293

Works in Collection

295

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ191748

Field Verification (2 fields)

0 cross-verified · 2 single-source

BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/lucas-cranach-the-elder
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Renaissance

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Painting

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Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (293)

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Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

1575 · Oil on oak panel

14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in. (36.3 x 25.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

1575 · Oil on oak panel

14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in. (36.3 x 25.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Martin Luther, Bust to the Left

1551 · Woodcut

Sheet: 14 3/4 × 8 9/16 in. (37.4 × 21.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Der Heiligen XII, from the Wittenberg relic-book

1549 · Woodcut

Sheet: 11 1/8 × 7 7/16 in. (28.2 × 18.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Apostles' Creed (Das Symbolum der Heiligen Aposteln)

1548 · Book with fifteen woodcuts with letterpress in black on cream laid paper, in eighteenth-century full brown sheepskin, sewn on raised bands, with gold tooled decoration on inner-edges of boards, blind lines and gold titling on the spine, hand-sewn silk headbands, marbled endsheets, and a purple silk page marker

Book: 20.4 × 15.4 × 0.8 cm (8 1/16 × 6 1/8 × 3/8 in.); Folio: 19.9 × 14.5 cm (7 7/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Crucifixion

1538 · Oil on panel

121.1 × 82.5 cm (47 3/4 × 32 1/2 in.); Framed: 147.4 × 109 × 7.7 cm (58 × 42 7/8 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Nymph of the Spring

1537 · oil on panel

overall: 48.4 x 72.8 cm (19 1/16 x 28 11/16 in.) framed: 62.9 x 87.6 cm (24 3/4 x 34 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Portrait of a Man

1537 · Oil on alder

22 x 16 3/4 in. (55.9 x 42.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

1536 · oil on panel

overall: 50.8 x 34.6 cm (20 x 13 5/8 in.) framed: 67.6 x 51.7 x 5.3 cm (26 5/8 x 20 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Madonna and Child

1535 · oil on panel

overall: 71.2 x 52.1 cm (28 1/16 x 20 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Johann (1498–1537), Duke of Saxony

1534 · Oil on beech

25 5/8 x 17 3/8 in. (65.1 x 44.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eve

1533 · Oil on panel

107.5 × 36.4 cm (42 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.); Framed: 121.6 × 51.6 cm (47 7/8 × 20 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Adam

1533 · Oil on panel

107.5 × 36.4 cm (42 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.); Framed: 121.6 × 51.6 cm (47 7/8 × 20 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Martin Luther (1483–1546)

1532 · Oil on wood

13 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (33.3 x 23.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony

1532 · Oil on canvas, transferred from wood, with letterpress-printed paper labels

8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. (21 x 14.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Lukas Spielhausen

1532 · Oil and gold on beech

20 x 14 3/8 in. (50.8 x 36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lukas Spielhausen

1532 · Oil and gold on beech

20 x 14 3/8 in. (50.8 x 36.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hercules Relieving Atlas of the Globe

1530 · pen and black ink over brush and gray wash over chalk on laid paper

overall: 13.8 x 20.5 cm (5 7/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Stag Hunt

1530 · Wool, silk (13-15 warps per inch, 5-6 per cm.)

H. 118 x W. 252 inches (299.7 x 640.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Samson and Delilah

1528 · Oil on beech

22 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (57.2 x 37.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Samson and Delilah

1528 · Oil on beech

22 1/2 x 14 7/8 in. (57.2 x 37.8cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Venus and Cupid

1525 · Oil on wood

Diameter 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Judith with the Head of Holofernes

1525 · Oil on linden

35 1/4 x 24 3/8 in. (89.5 x 61.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

1525 · Oil on linden

35 1/4 x 24 3/8 in. (89.5 x 61.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

293 published of 293 catalogued · 136 with image

The Met
164 published7 img
Nga
86 published86 img
Art Institute Chicago
43 published43 img

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

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Christie's

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