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
	The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine c. 1516 Oil and tempera on limewood, 68 x 47 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine (detail) c. 1516 Oil and tempera on limewood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	The Annunciation to Joachim 1516-18 Oil on panel, 61 x 51 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	Plague Picture 1516-18 Oil and tempera on limewood, 75 x 56 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	Plague Picture (detail) 1516-18 Oil and tempera on limewood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	Plague Picture (detail) 1516-18 Oil and tempera on limewood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	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
	Farewell of Christ to His Mother c. 1520 Lindenwood, 110 x 84 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
	Christ's Head with Crown of Thorns 1520-25 Oil and tempera on limewood, 28 x 21 cm Private collection
	Young Mother with Child 1520s Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 60 x 37 cm Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
	Young Mother with Child (detail) 1520s Oil and tempera on red beechwood Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach
	St Mary Magdalen 1525 Oil and tempera on beechwood, 48 x 30 cm Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
	Law and Gospel 1529 Limewood panel Schlossmuseum, Gotha
	Christ and the Adulteress 1532 Oil on panel, 83 x 121 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	Christ and the Adulteress (detail) 1532 Wood Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest
	Christ Blessing the Children 1535-40 Oil and tempera on beechwood, 84 x 122 cm Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
	Christ Blessing the Children (detail) 1535-40 Oil and tempera on beechwood Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt
	The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion 1536 Oil on panel, 51 x 35 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
	Young Christ Adored by St John the Baptist 1534 Oil on panel, 35 x 23 cm Private collection
	Flagellation of Christ 1538 Spruce, 108 x 84 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
	Carrying the Cross 1538 Spruce, 107 x 84 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna