Woodcuts
by Lucas CRANACH the Elder

Cranach may have turned to designing woodcuts for the monetary rewards involved, for they were much in demand in Germany at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Even the greatest painters of the period contributed to the illustration of books, and made single-sheet prints and series of pictures of a religious character - often with imperial sponsorship.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
The Crucifixion
1500-04
Woodcut, 398 x 284 mm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

741*1020
True Color
206 Kb



The Crucifixion
1502
Woodcut, 405 x 292 mm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

755*1020
True Color
187 Kb



Venus and Cupid
1506
Woodcut
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

700*1052
True Color
143 Kb



The Temptation of St Antony
1506
Woodcut, 406 x 270 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

740*1100
True Color
203 Kb



Stag Hunt
c. 1506
Woodcut, 385 x 510 mm
Private collection

1050*768
True Color
196 Kb



The Penitent Magdalen in Ecstasy
1506
Woodcut, 244 x 142 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

526*850
True Color
112 Kb



The Tournament in the Market Square
1506
Woodcut, 268 x 375 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

1000*720
True Color
235 Kb



The Tournament in the Market Square (detail)
1506
Woodcut
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

688*900
True Color
116 Kb



The Tournament in the Market Square (detail)
1506
Woodcut
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

687*900
True Color
81 Kb



Tournament with the Samson Tapestry
1509
Woodcut, 295 x 417 mm
Private collection

1020*740
True Color
207 Kb



The Tournament with Lances
1509
Woodcut, 305 x 423 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

1020*733
True Color
213 Kb



Adam and Eve
1509
Woodcut, 387 x 232 mm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

683*983
Grayscale
162 Kb



Penance of St John Chrysostom
1509
Engraving
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

700*880
True Color
139 Kb



Beheading of John the Baptist
c. 1509
Woodcut
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

700*1021
True Color
211 Kb



Beheading of John the Baptist
c. 1513
Woodcut
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

700*1019
True Color
184 Kb



Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk
1520
Copperplate engraving, 141 x 97 mm
Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

619*900
True Color
127 Kb



Martin Luther Wearing a Doctor's Cap
1521
Engraving, 205 x 149 mm
Kunstsammlungen, Weimar

557*750
True Color
78 Kb



Passional Christi und Antichristi
1521
Woodcut, 200 x 140 mm
British Library, London

1331*900
True Color
194 Kb



Passional Christi und Antichristi
1521
Woodcut, 200 x 140 mm
British Library, London

1105*900
Grayscale
190 Kb



New Testament in German Translated by Luther
1522
Woodcut
British Library, London

1149*900
True Color
191 Kb



Sophrosyne
1523
Woodcut
Private collection

709*1100
True Color
132 Kb



Christian II of Denmark
1523
Woodcut, 166 x 117 mm
British Museum, London

500*700
True Color
106 Kb



Christian II of Denmark
1523
Woodcut, 252 x 172 mm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

555*800
True Color
133 Kb



Christian II of Denmark
1523
Woodcut, 130 x 85 mm
King's College, London

421*700
True Color
84 Kb



Contrasting Protestant and Catholic Christianity
c. 1545
Coloured woodcut
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

1200*732
True Color
260 Kb



The Martyrdom of St Barbara
1510-15
Woodcut, 248 x 168 mm
British Museum, London

839*1200
True Color
240 Kb



The Judgment of Paris
c. 1528
Woodcut, 368 x 257 mm
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

740*1002
True Color
209 Kb




Summary of works by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Paintings
altar retables | representations of the Virgin | St Jerome
religious themes until 1515 | from 1516
biblical scenes | biblical nudes
mythological nudes | Venus and Lucretia | allegorical scenes
portraits until 1515 | 1516-1526 | from 1527
miscellaneous paintings
Graphics
drawings | woodcuts