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Amid all the Old Master piety was a portrait of Lucretia by Lucas Cranach the Elder, showing the always surprisingly pagan sensibility of 16th-century Bavaria. Cranach and his studio turned out many versions of the tragic Roman heroine, who killed...
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Source: Christie's via Bloomberg "Lucretia" by Lucas Cranach the Elder. The work, circa 1510, is oil on panel, with a Sotheby's estimate of $4 million to $6 million. "Lucretia" by Lucas Cranach the Elder. The work, circa 1510, is oil on panel, with a...
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Lucas Cranach the Elder's 16th century painting "Lucretia" is seen on display at Sotheby's Auction house in New York, January 20, 2012. Cranach the Elder's estimated $4-6 million painting will be among the highlights of Sotheby's sale of Old Master... View Photo »
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Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), , circa 1518, German. Oil on panel. 41.9 × 26 cm. Courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art (http://ncartmuseum.org/) Raleigh; Philipp von Gomperz Collection, Vienna, Austria (looted by the Nazis, 1940;...
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Germany London's Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery will be featuring two well-matched displays of Northern Renaissance art concurrently this Summer. Temptation in Eden: Lucas Cranach's "Adam and Eve" (June 21-September 23, 2007) is England's...
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Wittenberg is a beautiful, walkable town -- it's a UNESCO World Heritage site -- with lots of memorials to Martin Luther, Philip Melanchton, Katarina von Bora, their friend, the painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, who was also a pharmacist and mayor of...
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The artwork 'Ten Miniatures of the Jagillonen' of the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder is pictured in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 one day before the official opening of the exhibition 'Door To Door, Poland - Germany, 1000 years of art... View Photo »
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In the gallery adjoining the Titian are several pieces created close to Titian's time but still in a religious mode: Botticelli's 1500 devotional piece, "Christ on a Cross," painted in tempera on a small wooden cross; Lucas Cranach the Elder's 1515...
About Lucas Cranach the Elder
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Lucas Cranach the Elder (Lucas Cranach der Ältere, 4 October 1472 – October 16, 1553) was a German painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was born Lucas Sunder at Kronach in upper Franconia, and learned the art of drawing from his father. Full Article
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The artwork 'Ten Miniatures of the Jagillonen' of the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder is pictured in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 one day before the official opening of the exhibition 'Door To Door, Poland - Germany, 1000 years of art and history'. The exhibition takes...
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The artwork 'Ten Miniatures of the Jagillonen' of the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder is pictured in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 one day before the official opening of the exhibition 'Door To Door, Poland - Germany, 1000 years of art and history'. The exhibition takes...
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