Lucas Cranach the Elder
1472–1553 · Northern Renaissance · 16 works
Lucas Cranach the Elder worked as court painter in Wittenberg from 1505, producing portraits, religious images, and mythological subjects with the help of a busy workshop. His art became closely associated with the Protestant Reformation, including portraits of Martin Luther, while his range also extended to courtly hunts and classical stories. Slender figures and carefully controlled outlines give many of his paintings a distinctive elegance. Paintings and prints show how a workshop could return to a subject in different formats, adapting familiar arrangements for new viewers and patrons.
16 works · 1506–1540
Compare Adam and Eve with a portrait or print. Where does a flowing outline carry more of the figure than shading does?
1506–1512 · 9 works
Walk these 9
Saint George Standing1506
The First Tournament1506
The Stag Huntc. 1506
The Temptation of Saint Anthony1506
The Judgment of Paris1508
Saint Christopherc. 1509
The Penitence of Saint John Chrysostom1509
Saint James the Less, The Martyrdom of the Apostlesc. 1512
Saint Matthias, from Christ, the Apostles and Saint Paul1510/15
1521–1530 · 3 works
Walk these 3In the museum: Northern Renaissance room · 2 works
1535–1540 · 4 works
Walk these 4In the museum: Northern Renaissance room · 4 works
Albrecht Altdorfer
Head of a Young Man, 1507
Albrecht Dürer
The Virgin with the Dragonfly, c. 1495
Daniel Hopfer, I
Adam, by 1522
