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Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Grayscale portrait of a man in a cardinal's biretta and red cape, arms folded, with a coat of arms at upper right.

Portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

1520

Painting of a seated woman in orange with putti, a dog, a fruit table, and a landscape with castles and flying riders.

An Allegory of Melancholy

1528

Painting of a king on a throne watching an executioner raise a sword over an infant as a kneeling woman pleads.

Judgment of Solomon

1517

Painting of nude Venus with a gold chain necklace holding hands with winged Cupid who holds a bow, on a dark background.

Venus and Cupid

1537

Adam and Eve nude beside the Tree of Knowledge with a serpent, apple, stag and lion in a dark paradise landscape.

Adam and Eve in paradise (The Fall)

1533

Painting of a bearded armored saint with halberd, eagle shield and gold halo against a teal background.

Template:Leopold III, Margrave of Austria

1515

Painting of a stag hunt: deer swim a river as crossbow hunters and hounds pursue them, with a white castle behind the forest.

A Stag Hunt

1545

Painting of Christ's body being laid in a stone tomb, mourned by women and men in a rocky cave, with a kneeling woman in red

Passion cycle - Entombment

1538

Three women in red and brown embroidered gowns, jeweled collars and feathered hats, against a dark background.

The Princesses Sibylla (1515-1592), Emilia (1516-1591) and Sidonia (1518-1575) of Saxony

1535

Hercules seated with a spindle beside Omphale and an attendant, with hanging game birds on a dark wall.

Hercules with Omphale

1532

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a fur-collared grey robe, with a coat of arms and Latin inscription at upper left.

Portrait of Johannes Carion

1530

Nude Apollo with bow and laurel branch stands beside nude Diana seated on a stag, with a river landscape behind them.

Apollo and Diana

1530

Triptych of the Last Judgement: Eden on the left, Christ enthroned with angels in the center, and hell on the right.

The Last Judgement

1524

Painting of an elderly man in a black cap leaning toward a young woman in a red striped dress against a dark background.

An Old Man with a Girl / An Ill-matched Couple

1530

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ between two thieves, mourning women at left and mounted soldiers at right.

Crucifixion

1500

Painting of three nude women with gold necklaces, the central one wearing a red feathered hat, against a black background.

The Three Graces

1531

Lucas Cranach the Elder's painting of St. Sebastian bound to a tree and pierced by arrows, against a dark background.

St. Sebastian

1543

Virgin Mary with long hair holds the infant Christ, who reaches for an apple, before a landscape with a castle and river.

The Virgin and Child

1516

Painting of nude Eve holding an apple beside a serpent in a tree, with a deer resting at her side.

Eve

1533-37

Night scene of soldiers with pikes arresting Christ, a man in orange embracing him, with a sword-bearing apostle at left.

Christ's Arrest

1538

Cranach painting of Adam and Eve with God in a lush Eden garden filled with animals, a unicorn, and the Fall scenes behind.

Paradise

1530

Adam and Eve nude in a forest with a serpent in an apple tree, a lion and a stag beside them.

Adam and Eve in Paradise (Fall of Man)

1531

Half-length portrait of a figure in a fur beret and fur-trimmed coat against a dark background.

Portrait of a man in a fur beret

1510

Nude Eve holding an apple beside a serpent on a tree, with a sprig of leaves, against a dark background.

Eve

1528

Painting of the Madonna in blue and red holding a child with grapes, set in a landscape with trees and a castle on a cliff.

Virgin and Child (Called the Madonna under the Firs)

1510

Crucifixion of Christ between two thieves, with an armored rider on a white horse below, against a dark stormy sky.

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

1536

Nude woman with long red hair holding a dagger to her chest, wearing a red jeweled necklace, against a black background.

The Suicide of Lucretia

1530

Painting of the Virgin and Child with four female saints, cherubs above a dark hill, and a castle landscape behind.

The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Saints Dorothy, Margaret and Barbara

1516

Painting of the Virgin holding the infant Christ, with two angels holding a green cloth and a landscape behind.

Virgin and Child

1515

Painting of nude women bathing in a pool as hunting dogs attack a stag at left, with a castle and hunter in the background.

Diana and Actaeon

1540

Painting of nude Adam and Eve beside a tree with a serpent, Eve holding an apple, against a dark background.

Adam and Eve

1510

Painting of Christ holding an infant among mothers, children and a crowd of onlookers in Renaissance dress.

Christ blessing the children

1537