Monday, March 9, 2026

 Lucas Cranach I
 (1472–1553)
 

Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm. He was a close friend of Martin Luther, and eleven portraits of that reformer by him survive. Cranach also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran religious concerns in art. He continued to paint nude subjects from mythology and religion throughout his career.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder


Charity
1540
Oil on panel
50 x 34 cm
KMSKA, Antwerpen
https://kmska.be/en/masterpiece/charity

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