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Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Painting of a veiled woman holding an infant beside a younger woman in blue, before trees, a stone wall and a hilltop castle.

The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

1516

Portrait of a man in a black studded cap and dark robe, hands clasped, with a rocky landscape and castle behind him.

Hans Melber

1526

Painting of a woman in a green gown beside a lion's head on a pedestal, with a crowd of onlookers in period dress.

The Fable of the Mouth of Truth

1534

Saint Mary Magdalene in red velvet gown holding a white jar, with a golden halo and a castle-topped rocky landscape behind he

Pfirtscher Altarpiece: Heilige Maria Magdalena

1526

Portrait of a bald, long-bearded man in a black robe and gold jeweled collar against a teal background.

George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony, Duke of Saxony

1537

Armored saint with red cap, green banner and black eagle shield before a mountain landscape, painted 1526.

Pfirtscher Altar: Hl. Mauritius

1526

Painting of Saint Ursula holding an arrow, in a striped red gown, with a halo and a landscape of mountains and trees behind h

Pfirtscher Altar: Hl. Ursula

1526

Crucifixion of Christ between two thieves, with a mounted centurion in armour on a white horse below.

The centurion Longinus among the crosses of Christ and the two thieves

1539

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black jeweled hat and striped cloak against a teal background.

Portrait of Joachim I. Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg

1529

Painting of Saint Lazarus in a red fur-trimmed mantle holding a hat, with a castle and mountains behind him.

Magdalenenaltar: Hl. Lazarus

1520

Painted portrait of a young woman in a red headdress with white plumes and gold jewelry, with a castle landscape behind her.

A finely dressed young Lady

1530

Saint Martha in green gown with halo, holding a holy water vessel and sprinkler, with a dragon at her feet under a cloudy sky

Magdalenenaltar: Hl. Martha

1520

Painting of Christ with a woman and a crowd of men, one holding stones, in an arched interior.

Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery

1520

Nude Venus stands beside winged Cupid holding a honeycomb against a black background, painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1

Venus with Cupid as a Honey Thief against a Black Background

1537

Painting of a bishop saint in red and gold robes with a mitre, crozier and book, against a cloudy sky.

Magdalenenaltar: Hl. Chrysostomus

1520

Painting of armored soldiers and horsemen overwhelmed by water while a crowd and a figure in blue watch from rocky cliffs.

The Pharoah's Hosts engulfed in the Red Sea

1530

Painting of a woman in a red velvet gown holding a white jar, with a tree and castle landscape behind her.

Magdalene Altar: Mary Magdalene

1520

Painting of a man in red lying on grass as a woman in dark dress leans over him by a fountain, with a lake and castle behind.

Pyramus and Thisbe

1515

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and dark robe against an olive-green background, dated 1523.

Portrait of King Christian II of Denmark

1523

Painting of Jonah kneeling in prayer on a whale beside a shore, with sailors in a boat, a castle and ships behind.

Magdalenenaltar: Jonas und der Wal

1520

Painting of an elderly bearded man embracing a smiling young woman in a red dress with a dagger at her waist.

An ill-matched pair

1530

Painting of an older man in a red hat grinning beside a young woman in green and gold dress against black background.

The Ill-Matched Couple

1522

Three saintly women in ornate gowns stand beside a dragon, with a castle on a hill behind them.

St Catharine Altarpiece: Saints Barbara, Ursula, and Margaret (right wing, recto)

1506

Three women and a child with roses and a lamb before a dark fir tree and hills, in a Cranach altarpiece panel.

St Catharine Altarpiece: Saints Dorothea, Agnes, and Cunigunde (left wing, recto)

1506

Painting of soldiers killing infants before a city gate while mothers grieve; piles of small bodies lie in the street.

The Massacre of the Innocents

1515

Painting of kneeling Christ praying on a rocky hill as an angel carrying a cross appears above, apostles asleep below.

Agony in the Garden

1520

Painting of Christ bound to a column in a crown of thorns, with grieving haloed figures watching at the right.

Christ as man of sorrows

1515

Portrait of a bearded man in fur-collared black robe, wearing a red flower wreath, against a green background.

Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony

1526

Virgin Mary nursing the infant Christ in a red robe, with a landscape of castle, river bridge and mountains behind.

The Virgin Nursing the Child

1515

Painting of kneeling Christ pleading before God the Father with a bow, angels, the Virgin and clergy beneath a red mantle.

Christ and the Virgin Interceding for Humanity before God the Father (The Three Plagues)

1516

Cranach panel contrasting damnation on the left with resurrection and crucifixion of Christ on the right, with German text be

Damnation and redemption

1529

Painting of a young man and smiling old woman in a white headdress, with a red purse in the foreground against a dark backgro

Ill-Matched Couple: Young Man and Old Woman

1520