Lucas Cranach the Elder
Portrait of Frederick the Wise, 1530-1535
The extraordinary artistic genius of the great Lucas Cranach the Elder is fully on display in this …
Read moreThe extraordinary artistic genius of the great Lucas Cranach the Elder is fully on display in this highly significant portrait. Painted at the height of the artist’s career, the work captures the visage of Frederick the Wise, the Elector of Saxony. It is one of an important series of portraits that Cranach painted of …
Read more
A prolific German Renaissance painter, and engraver, Lucas Cranach may have invented the …
Read moreA prolific German Renaissance painter, and engraver, Lucas Cranach may have invented the full-length portrait. Cranach served as painter to the court of Frederick the Wise of Saxony in Wittenberg, where he specialized in portraits with bold compositions and strong colors. He was also responsible for decorative schemes …
Read moreThe extraordinary artistic genius of the great Lucas Cranach the Elder is fully on display in this …
Read moreThe extraordinary artistic genius of the great Lucas Cranach the Elder is fully on display in this highly significant portrait. Painted at the height of the artist’s career, the work captures the visage of Frederick the Wise, the Elector of Saxony. It is one of an important series of portraits that Cranach painted of …
Read moreA prolific German Renaissance painter, and engraver, Lucas Cranach may have invented the …
Read moreA prolific German Renaissance painter, and engraver, Lucas Cranach may have invented the full-length portrait. Cranach served as painter to the court of Frederick the Wise of Saxony in Wittenberg, where he specialized in portraits with bold compositions and strong colors. He was also responsible for decorative schemes …
Read more
![Albrecht Dürer, ‘Lot and His Daughters [reverse]’, ca. 1496/1499](https://d7hftxdivxxvm.cloudfront.net/?resize_to=fit&width=400&height=500&quality=80&src=https%3A%2F%2Fd32dm0rphc51dk.cloudfront.net%2Fqwi7nl60JfPK9Uk1kSgkmA%2Flarge.jpg "Lot and His Daughters [reverse]")
