MutualArt.com: Lucas Cranach the Elder and workshop Portrait of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony Portrait of John the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony Oil on panel. Each 13 x 12.5 cm. Signed ...
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
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…
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culture · German painter and printmaker (1472–1553) · painter · printmaker · graphic artist · architectural drafter · designer · artist · draftsperson · copper engraver · pharmacist · publisher · also Lucas Cranach the Elder, Lucas Cranach (I), Luca Kranack, Lucas Cranaccio, Lucas, the elder Cranach, Lucas Cranache
Born 4 October 1472 · Died 16 October 1553 · Q191748
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2012· 1 entry
The heirs of Rosa and Jakob Oppenheimer submitted a claim to the National Gallery of Ireland for a Cranach painting of Saint Christopher
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1999· 1 entry
The Commission for Art Recovery of the World Jewish Congress notified the North Carolina Museum of Art that its prized Cranach Madonna and Child had been looted by Nazis from the Jewish Viennese art collector Philipp von
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1946· 1 entry
Was returned to the National Museum, Wrocław in 2022
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1934· 1 entry
And she concluded that the Cranach had not been sold under duress by the Jewish owners
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1553· 1 entry
Died 1553-10-16.
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1540· 1 entry
Career landmark: burgomaster (1540–1540).
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1531· 1 entry
Career landmark: burgomaster (1531–1531).
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1505· 1 entry
Career landmark: court painter (1505–1547).
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1472· 1 entry
Born 1472-10-04.
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