Lucas Cranach the Elder (October 4, 1472 – October 16, 1553), was a German Renaissance printmaker and painter. He was a court artist for the Electors of Saxony and specialized in portraiture. Many of Cranach’s paintings were of religious subjects, particularly of the Lutheran faith. He was a huge supporter of Protestant leaders and was a personal friend to Martin Luther. His workshop was responsible for the many portraits of Martin Luther, his wife, and other notable Reformers. His sons, Hans and Lucas the Younger, continued their father’s artistic legacy after his death.
Paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder in Chronological Order:
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| Beardless Young Man, c.1500 | Portrait of Barbara, Duchess of Saxony, c.1500 | Portrait of Anna Cuspinian, c.1502 |
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| Stigmatiasation of St. Francis, c.1502 | The Penitence of St. Jerome, 1502 | Dr. Johannes Cuspinian, c.1503 |
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| Johannes Reuss, 1503 | The Crucifixion, 1503 | Wife of Dr. Johann Stephan Reuss, 1503 |
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| Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1504 | The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, 1504-1505 | Saints Dorothea, Agnes and Kunigunde, 1506 |
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| The Martyrdom of St. Catherine, 1506 | Christoph von Scheurl, 1509 | Georg Spalatin, 1509 |
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| Portrait of Duke Johann der Bestandige of Saxony, 1509 | Portrait Of Johann Friederich I the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony, 1509 | The Holy Family, 1509 |
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| Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1510 | Small winged altar with the Resurrection of Christ, St. Barbara (Left Wing) and St. Catharine (right Wing), 1508-1510 | The Martyrdom of St. Barbara, c.1510 |
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| Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes, 1509-1510 | Portrait of a Man, 1514 | Portrait of duchess Katharina von Mecklenburg, |
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| Portrait of Frau Reuss, 1514 | Portraits of Henry the Pious, Duke of Saxony and his wife Katharina von Mecklenburg, 1514 | St. Christopher and St. George, c.1514 |
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| Chtist as the Man of Sorrows, 1515 | Judith, c.1515 | Portrait of a Saxon Prince, c.1515 |
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| St. George with head of the dragon, c.1515 | St. Leopold, 1515 | Trinity, c.1515 |
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| Saint Christopher, c.1516 | The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, c.1516 | Portrait of a Saxon Princess, 1517 |
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| The old man in love, c.1517 | Portrait of Rudolph Agricola, c.1518 | The Annunciation to Joachim, 1518 |
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| The dying man, 1518 | Albert, Cardinal Elector of Mainz at the foot of the Cross, 1520 | Christ and Mary, 1516-1520 |
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| Christ and the Adulteress, 1520 | Christ taking leave of his mother, 1520 | Magdalene von Sachsen, c.1520 |
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| Martin Luther as a Monk, 1520 | Nativity (Holy Night, Christmas), c.1520 | Portrait of a Saxon Prince, c.1520 |
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| Portrait of a Young Girl (Magdalena Luther), c.1520 | Portrait of Joachim II, 1520 | St. Anthony, 1520 |
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| Virgin and Child with St. Anne, c.1520 | Portrait of a young man in hat, 1521 | Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg, 1522 |
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| Martin Luther as Junker Jörg, 1522 | The Infatuated Old Woman, 1520-1522 | Christian II of Denmark and Norway, c.1523 |
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| Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk, c.1523 | Katharina von Bora, c.1525 | Madonna and Child, c.1525 |
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| Madonna and Child with a Bunch of Grapes, 1525 | Portrait of a Saxon noblewoman as Mary Magdalene, 1525 | Portrait of Elector Frederick the Wise in his Old Age, 1525 |
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| Samson’s Fight with the Lion, 1525 | The old man in love, c.1525 | Albrecht of Brandenburg as St. Jerome in his study, 1526 |
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| David and Bathsheba, 1526 | Elector John the Constant of Saxony, 1526 | Katharina von Bora, future wife of Martin Luther, 1526 |
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| Martin Luther, 1526 | Portrait of a Woman, 1526 | Portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, 1526 |
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| Portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, 1526 | Portrait of Hans Melber, 1526 | The Princess, 1526 |
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| Hans and Magrethe Luther, 1527 | Portrait of Luther’s Father, 1527 | Katharina Luther, 1528 |
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| Lot and his daughters, 1528 | Portrait of a Young Woman Holding Grapes and Apples, 1528 | Diptych with the Portraits of Martin Luther and his Wife, 1529 |
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| Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, 1529 | Katharina Luther/em>, 1529 | Law and Grace, 1529 |
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| Law and Grace, 1529 | Portrait of Magdeburg theologians Dr. Johannes Schöner, 1529 | Samson and Delilah, c.1529 |
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| Stag Hunt of Elector Friedrich III the Wise, 1529 | Johannes Carion, c.1530 | Judith Victorious, c.1530 |
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| Portrait of a Young Woman, 1530 | Salome, c.1530 | Sinking Of The Pharaoh In The Red Sea, 1530 |
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| St. Dorothea, c.1530 | Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree, 1530 | Feast of Herod, 1531 |
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| Judith at the Table of Holofernes, 1531 | Portrait of Johann Friedrich, Elector of Saxony, 1531 | Sibylle von Kleve, c.1531 |
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| Christ and the Adulteress, 1532 | Electors of Saxony: Friedrich the Wise, Johann the Steadfast and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, 1532 | Friedrich III, the Wise, Elector of Saxony, 1532 |
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| Johann Friedrich von Sachsen, 1532 | Johannes Bugenhagen, 1532 | Martin Luther, c.1532 |
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| Melancholy, 1532 | Philipp Melanchthon, 1532 | Portrait of Charles V, 1533 |
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| Portrait of Johann I the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, c.1533 | Portraits of Johann I and Frederick III the wise, Electors of Saxony, 1533 | Portrait of a Saxon noblewoman, 1534 |
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| John Frederick the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony, 1535 | Reformators, c.1535 | Three princesses of Saxony, Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia, daughters of Duke Heinrich of Frommen, c.1535 |
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| Georg der Bärtige, Duke of Saxony, c.1536 | Paradise, 1536 | The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion, 1536 |
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| Heracles and Omphale, 1537 | Johannes Bugenhagen, 1537 | Judith with the head of Holofernes, c.1537 |
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| Philipp Melanchthon, 1537 | The old man in love, 1537 | Arrest of Christ, 1538 |
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| Christ Carrying the Cross, 1538 | Flagellation of Christ, 1538 | Lamentation, 1538 |
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| The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion, 1538 | Feast of Herod, 1539 | Portrait of a Young Nobleman, 1539 |
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| Madonna and Child, 1540 | The deer hunting, 1540 | Heracles and Omphale, c.1542 |
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| Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon, 1543 | Portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon, 1543 | Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau, 1544 |
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| The Fountain Of Youth, 1546 | The Last Supper, 1547 | The Procuress, 1548 |
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| Self Portrait of Lucas Cranach the Elder</em, 1550 | Christ as Savior with Martin Luther, 1552 | Albrecht Brandenburg |
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| Cranach The Garden of Gethsemane | John, Duke of Saxony | Judith |
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| Martin Luther as Junker Jörg | Old Man and Young Woman | St. Catherine and St. Barbara |
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| The Ten Commandments | The Trinity | Young mother with child |