Lucas Cranach developed a close friendship with Martin Luther. He accompanied Luther's tracts against Catholics with a number of particularly cutting illustrative schemes. He produced allegories of Law and Justice and paintings of Christ summoning the children, or showing mercy to the adulteress, each of which was produced in large numbers,

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	Nativity 1515-20 Oil and tempera on limewood, 32 x 25 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden	948*1200 True Color 123 Kb
	The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine c. 1516 Oil and tempera on limewood, 68 x 47 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	1000*1432 True Color 192 Kb
	The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine (detail) c. 1516 Oil and tempera on limewood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	843*750 True Color 121 Kb
	The Annunciation to Joachim 1516-18 Oil on panel, 61 x 51 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	806*1001 True Color 130 Kb
	Plague Picture 1516-18 Oil and tempera on limewood, 75 x 56 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	1000*1346 True Color 202 Kb
	Plague Picture (detail) 1516-18 Oil and tempera on limewood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	1041*1400 True Color 176 Kb
	Plague Picture (detail) 1516-18 Oil and tempera on limewood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	1071*1400 True Color 187 Kb
	Christ and the Virgin Mary (or Mary Magdalen) 1515-20 Oil and tempera on parchment laid down on oak, 34 x 53 cm Schlossmuseum, Gotha	1400*926 True Color 110 Kb
	Farewell of Christ to His Mother c. 1520 Lindenwood, 110 x 84 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	1142*1500 True Color 245 Kb
	Christ's Head with Crown of Thorns 1520-25 Oil and tempera on limewood, 28 x 21 cm Private collection	600*807 True Color 80 Kb
	Young Mother with Child 1520s Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 60 x 37 cm Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach	875*1400 True Color 194 Kb
	Young Mother with Child (detail) 1520s Oil and tempera on red beechwood Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach	1000*1290 True Color 207 Kb
	St Mary Magdalen 1525 Oil and tempera on beechwood, 48 x 30 cm Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne	800*1303 True Color 207 Kb
	Law and Gospel 1529 Limewood panel Schlossmuseum, Gotha	1537*800 True Color 198 Kb
	Christ and the Adulteress 1532 Oil on panel, 83 x 121 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	1478*1000 True Color 182 Kb
	Christ and the Adulteress (detail) 1532 Wood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	704*900 True Color 111 Kb
	Christ Blessing the Children 1535-40 Oil and tempera on beechwood, 84 x 122 cm Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt	1453*1000 True Color 208 Kb
	Christ Blessing the Children (detail) 1535-40 Oil and tempera on beechwood Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt	1100*1464 True Color 208 Kb
	The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 51 x 35 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington	434*700 True Color 92 Kb
	Young Christ Adored by St John the Baptist 1534 Oil on panel, 35 x 23 cm Private collection	788*1200 True Color 171 Kb
	Flagellation of Christ 1538 Spruce, 108 x 84 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	1025*1300 True Color 225 Kb
	Carrying the Cross 1538 Spruce, 107 x 84 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	1023*1300 True Color 244 Kb