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The most important artist of the Protestant Reformation, Lucas Cranach the Elder court portraiture and woodcuts helped the religion become the major movement within Christianity in sixteenth century Europe.
Lucas Cranach the Elder. 1472 - 1553. Cranach was one of the leading German painters and printmakers of the early 16th century. As court painter of the Elector of Saxony, the patron of Luther, Cranach is remembered as the chief artist of the Reformation.
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Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax dɛɐ̯ ˈʔɛltəʁə], c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.
Among the most popular mythological scenes produced by Lucas Cranach the Elder and his workshop were those featuring Venus and, in particular, the Judgment of Paris.
The Virgin and child with a Bunch of Grapes (c. 1525) by Lucas Cranach the Elder Renaissance and Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach.
Wittenberg Reliquary Book (Wittenberger Heiligthumsbuch), 1510. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. The Fall of Man, 1509. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. The Stag Hunt, c. 1506. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. The Seven Joys of Mary, 1510/1515. Lucas Cranach, the Elder. See all 44 artworks.
ca. 1525–27. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 537. Cranach often treated the theme of Venus and Cupid, but this excellently preserved panel is the only version in a round format. Playing coquettishly with her veil and glancing at the viewer, Venus ignores Cupid, who is agitated by the situation.
