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Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Painting of nude Adam beside an apple tree with red apples, holding a leafy branch against dark foliage.

Adam

1533-37

Painting of three nude women before an armored knight and a bearded man beneath an oak, with Cupid overhead and a castle land

The Judgment of Paris

ca. 1528

Portrait of a bearded man in a black robe with red striped sleeves, wearing a red cap, against a light blue background.

Lukas Spielhausen

1532

Portrait of a bearded man in a black beret and dark robe against a red background, holding a dagger hilt.

Johann (1498-1537), Duke of Saxony

ca. 1534-37

Painting of Judith in a red hat with white plumes, holding a sword beside the severed head of Holofernes on a dark background

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

ca. 1530

Half-length portrait of a young man in a dark cap and fur-trimmed robe, holding a red rosary, against a green background.

Portrait of a Man with a Rosary

ca. 1508

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black beret holding an orange, with green drapery and a castle landscape behind him.

Portrait of a Man

1537

Bust portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and fur-trimmed coat against turquoise, with German verse below.

Johann I (1468-1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony

1532-33

Painting of a seated nude man with a staff, a dead lion, a nude woman with two children, and a castle on a cliff.

A Faun and His Family with a Slain Lion

about 1526

Adam and Eve stand nude beside an apple tree with a serpent, Eve offering Adam an apple, against a dark background.

Adam and Eve

1528

Painting of a nude woman nursing an infant, with two more children beside her, under an apple tree with a hilltop town behind

Caritas

1537

Half-length portrait of an older man with grey hair in black robe holding an open book, with Latin inscription below.

Portrait of Martin Luther (1483-1586)

1550

Painting of a nude woman nursing an infant, with three other naked children and a castle on a hill behind her.

Caritas (Charity)

1535

Crucifixion painting with Christ between two thieves, mourning women and armored riders below under a cloudy sky.

Crucifixion

1532

Painting of the Virgin Mary with long auburn hair holding a nude infant Jesus who holds bread, dark background.

Madonna and Child

1529

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a fur-collared dark robe and gold chains against a turquoise background, dated 1533.

Portrait of Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

1533

Cranach painting of Madonna and Child with infant John the Baptist and three angels holding a gold-edged green curtain.

Madonna and Child with the Infant John the Baptist and Angels

1537

Painting of three nude women before an armored man and a bearded figure in peacock cloak, with Cupid above.

Judgment of Paris

1530

Half-length portrait of a woman in a white headdress and black dress with clasped hands, against an olive-green background.

Portrait of a Woman

1508

Half-length nude woman with red curled hair and coral necklace holding a dagger, a sheer veil draped over her body, black bac

Lucretia

1525

Painting of a seated woman with a jar before a tree, with a hilltop town and angels in a glowing cloud behind her.

The Magdalen seated before a tree

1525

Painting of a bearded archer drawing a bow beside a nude woman seated on a stag, with a castle in the landscape.

Apollo and Diana

1526

Nude woman with a dagger and sheer cloth standing barefoot against a black background, painted by Lucas Cranach the Elder in

Lucretia

1533

Nude woman in red hat and jeweled necklace holding a veil, standing before dark trees with a castle and lake beyond.

Venus in a Landscape

1529

Painting of Christ on the cross above a distant town, with a dark stormy sky and a sunset landscape below.

Christ on the Cross

1540

Painting of a penitent old man beating his chest with a stone in a forest, with a lion beside him and a crucifixion in the di

Penitent Saint Jerome

1502

Nude men fight with clubs in a rocky wooded clearing while women and infants watch; a castle sits on a hill behind.

The Fruits of Jealousy (The Close of the Silver Age)

1535

Nude Venus with long hair stands beside Cupid holding a bow, against a dark background with a Latin inscription above.

Venus and Cupid

1509

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black hat and fur cloak holding an ornate sword against a grey background.

Johann Friedrich I, the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

1535

Two women in red and green dresses stand over a severed bearded head on a dark background, after Cranach's Judith scene.

Judith with the head of Holofernes and a servant

1537

Painting of nude Venus pointing at winged Cupid holding honeycomb as bees swarm around him, dark background, Latin verse abov

Lucas Cranach (der Ältere) - Venus und Amor als Honigdieb, nach 1537, 1190

Elderly bearded man in a red cloak writes at a desk in a rocky forest, with a lion and a church in the background.

St. Jerome in Rocky Landscape

1495

Painting of Saint Christopher in a red robe carrying the Christ Child on his shoulder, holding a staff, against dark blue.

Saint Christopher

1515

Painting of an old man with two young women in red gowns in a green landscape, with a burning city behind them.

Lot and his daughters

1528

Painting of a young woman in a red hat and striped green dress, hands clasped, with a castle landscape at left.

Portrait of a Young Woman

1526

Half-length portrait of a man in a black beret and dark robe against a blue-green background, by Lucas Cranach the Elder.

Portrait of Martin Luther

1532

Painting of Christ's lamentation with mourners, and two thieves crucified on crosses in a blue sky above.

The lamentation with the two thieves crucified

1515

Nude woman with curly hair and gold jewelry stands beside a winged Cupid holding a bow against a black background.

Venus and Cupid

1530

Bust portrait of a man in a black cap and black robe against a pale background, painted in 1540 by Cranach.

Portrait of Martin Luther

1540

Painting of the Virgin and Child with infant John the Baptist offering grapes, two angels drawing back a dark curtain.

The Virgin and Child with the infant John the Baptist and angels

1550

Painting of a woman holding a sword and a severed bearded head, wearing a green gown, brown fur mantle and gold necklace.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

1550

Painting of nude Adam and Eve beside an apple tree with a serpent, with a resting deer and dark foliage behind them.

The Fall of Man

1537

Portrait of a young man in a black feathered hat, fur-trimmed coat and gold chains against a green background.

Johann Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg

1550

Half-length portrait of a man in a black high-collared robe with clasped hands against a turquoise background.

Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon

1532

Half-length portrait of a woman in a red velvet hat with white fur, wearing a pearl and gold chain against a black background

Portrait of Magdalena of Saxony, Wife of Elector Joachim II of Brandenburg

c. 1529

Virgin Mary holding the infant Christ while young John the Baptist kneels in prayer at left, against a dark background.

Madonna and Child and little John

1500

Saint Jerome in a red cloak and halo tends the raised paw of a seated lion against a teal background.

Saint Jerome

1515

Painting of a young girl with long wavy hair, black headband and dress, and white striped blouse against a dark background.

Portrait of a young girl (presumably a portrait of Magdalena Luther)

1537

Painting of Christ kneeling to wash an apostle's foot in a red basin as disciples gather in a stone interior.

Cycle of Passion: Christ washing the feet of the apostles

1537

Painting of the Virgin and Child with a woman in blue beside them, three angels holding a green curtain above, castle on hill

The Virgin and Child with St Anne

1520

Painting of Saint Erasmus as a bishop with mitre and crozier, standing before a rocky landscape with a castle under a turquoi

Saint Erasmus

1510

Painting of a seated woman in red having her foot washed by an attendant, with women and onlookers on a wall above.

David and Bathseba

1526

Black and white reproduction of a Cranach painting: Virgin and Child surrounded by four saints, angels holding a crown, castl

The Virgin and Child with Four Female Saints

1512

Painting of Christ gesturing to a kneeling veiled woman with attendants behind her, under a pine tree and hilly landscape.

Christ taking leave of his Mother

1520

Painted portrait of a bearded man in a red cap and fur collar against a teal background.

Portrait Margrave Casimir of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

1524

Half-length portrait of a man with reddish hair, black cap and dark robe with a brown fur collar, gazing to the side.

Philipp of the Rhein, Count Palatine / Portrait of a man

1515

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 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

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

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

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

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

Adam and Eve

1510

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in black robe holding a scroll against a pale blue background.

Philipp Melanchthon, Leading Figure of the Reformation

1540

Virgin and Child with young Saint John offering grapes, with angels holding red drapery against a stone wall.

The Virgin and the Child, Saint John and Angels

1536

Oil portrait of an older man in a black cap and fur-trimmed dark robe against a blue background.

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam

1530

Painting of the Crucifixion with Christ between two thieves, surrounded by armored soldiers, mourning women and a dark sky.

The Crucifixion

1538

Painting of a woman in red cradling a sleeping man under an apple tree as armed men watch from the foliage behind.

Samson and Delilah

ca. 1528-30

Half-length portrait of a man in a black cap and dark robe against a turquoise background.

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

probably 1532

Nude Venus in red hat stands by a tree as winged Cupid is stung by bees, with a Latin inscription and landscape behind.

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

Nude Venus in a plumed headdress reaches toward an apple tree as a winged Cupid holds a pinecone beside her.

Cupid Complaining to Venus

1526

Painting of a kneeling cardinal in red robes before a crucified Christ under a dark stormy sky, with a birch tree at left.

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg in front of the Crucified Christ

1520

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ flanked by two thieves, Mary and John grieving below, under a stormy sky.

Christ on the cross with Mary and John

1503

Portrait of a young blond boy in a floral wreath, brown cloak and red patterned sleeves, against a dark background.

A Prince of Saxony

c. 1517

Portrait of a young girl with long golden hair, gold chain necklace, red embroidered dress and striped sleeves, against a bla

A Princess of Saxony

c. 1517

Painting of the Madonna holding grapes while the nude infant Christ eats one, with an apple and wine glass on a table.

Madonna and Child

probably c. 1535 or after

Half-length portrait of a man in a black beret and dark red cloak against a green background, by Cranach the Elder.

Portrait of a Man

1522

Portrait of a Woman

1522

Painting of the crucifixion with Christ center, two thieves on crosses, and a mounted soldier in armor on a white horse below

The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion

1536