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Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Study of a Stag (recto); Study of Goats (verso)

about 1520-1530

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining lion with a full mane, head turned toward the viewer, tail curling to the right.

Study of a Lion

1509

Drawn bust portrait of a man in a broad cap and white collar, gazing upward against a warm brown background.

Portrait of a Man

about 1530

Drawing of seated Saint Catherine with curled hair and a spiked wheel, in brown ink on a dark blue ground.

Saint Catherine

late 15th-mid-16th century

Pen and ink drawing of a standing woman in a feathered headdress and ornate gown, framed by scrollwork on grey paper.

Standing Woman

ca. 1505-10

Pen and wash drawing of Hercules holding a large globe overhead while Atlas sits beside him in a hilly landscape.

Hercules Relieving Atlas of the Globe

1530

Pen and wash drawing of a nude man seen from behind, one arm raised and holding a staff, by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Nude man standing

1525

Pen and brown ink drawing of the Crucifixion with two thieves, a crowd of mourners and soldiers, and a mounted rider.

Crucifixion

1512

Watercolor portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and white ruff collar against a green background.

Christian II of Denmark and Norway

c. 1523

Pen and ink sketch of allegorical figures, a crucified man, a lamb, and angels in clouds on a pale sheet.

Law and gospel

1525

Pen and wash drawing of an allegorical scene with a winged figure rising above fire, a knight, and a woman at a washtub.

Allegory of alchemy

1525

Pen and ink drawing of Christ and the woman taken in adultery, with a downcast woman and a crowd of bearded men under an arch

Christus und die Ehebrecherin

Woodcut of Christ crowned with thorns, surrounded by mocking soldiers and onlookers in front of an arched doorway.

Crowning of Thorns, illustration from "The Passion"

1500