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Lucas Cranach The Fountain of Youth 1546
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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Lucas Cranach Adam and Eve 1531
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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Lucas Cranach The Rest on the Flight to Egypt 1504
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
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Lucas Cranach John, Duke of Saxony Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Lucas Cranach The Martyrdom of St.Barbara 1510-15
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Lucas Cranach Portrait of Katharina von Boyra 1529
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Lucas Cranach Portrait of Martin Luther 1529
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
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Lucas Cranach Cupid Complaining to Venus National Gallery, London
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Lucas Cranach Nymph of Spring 1518
Museum der Bildenden Kunste
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Lucas Cranach The Holy Family 1509
Stadelaches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
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Lucas Cranach The Trinity Museum der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig
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Lucas Cranach Samson and Delilah 1529
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Lucas Cranach The Judgment of Paris_3 1528
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Lucas Cranach Young Bridegroom 1539
Museum of Art, Sao Paulo
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Lucas Cranach Hercules Onfale 1537
Anton-Ulrich Museum
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Lucas Cranach The Lamentation_2 1538
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Lucas Cranach The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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Lucas Cranach Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1530
Art History Museum, Vienna
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Lucas Cranach The Judgment of Paris_6
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Lucas Cranach The Madonna with the Bunch of Grapes
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Lucas Cranach
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1472-1553
German
Lucas Cranach Locations
Lucas Cranach the Elder was born at Kronach, Franconia. He was apparently trained by his father, Hans, a painter, and from 1495 to 1498 undertook work at Kronach for Coburg and Gotha. There is evidence that Cranach resided in Vienna between about 1500 and 1504. In 1504 he married Barbara Brengbier of Gotha; they had three daughters and two sons, Hans (died 1537) and Lucas the Younger (1515-1586), both of whom were painters.
In 1505 Cranach established residence at Wittenberg, where he was court painter to three successive electors: Frederick the Wise, John the Constant, and John Frederick the Magnanimous. Cranach was a prosperous and respected citizen. He owned several houses and land, held the office of councilor, and was a burgomaster. He also worked for other princely patrons and was a follower and lifelong friend of Martin Luther.
In 1550 Cranach followed John Frederick the Magnanimous to Augsburg, where the elector was in exile, and in 1552 accompanied him to Weimar. Cranach died in Weimar on Oct. 16, 1553.
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