Portraits (between 1516 and 1526)
by Lucas CRANACH the Elder

Lucas Cranach was an excellent painter of portraits. His clients came from the Wittenberg court and from other royal houses nearby, as well as from the patrician classes in the cities of Saxony. He portrayed children with a special understanding.

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A Prince of Saxony
1517
Oil and tempera on limewood, 44 x 34 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington


A Princess of Saxony
1517
Oil and tempera on limewood, 43 x 34 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Portrait of a Saxon Prince
-
Panel, 26 x 19 cm
Musée de la Ville, Reims


Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk in a Doctoral Hat
c. 1520
Oil and tempera on wood, 40 x 27 cm
Private collection


Portrait of Martin Luther as Junker Jörg
1521-22
Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 34 x 25 cm
Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig


Portrait of a Clean-Shaven Young Man
1522
Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 59 x 41 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Portrait of a Clean-Shaven Young Man (detail)
1522
Oil and tempera on red beechwood
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Portrait of a Young Woman
1522
Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 59 x 41 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington


Portrait of a Young Man
-
Oil on wood, 30,5 x 23 cm
Staatliches Museum, Schwerin


Portrait of Elector Frederick the Wise in his Old Age
1525
Oil on limewood panel, 56 x 38 cm
Private collection


Elector John the Steadfast of Saxony
1526
Oil on lime wood panel, 57 x 37 cm
Gemäldegalerie, Dresden


Portrait of Elector John the Steadfast (detail)
c. 1526
Beechwood
Kunstsammlungen, Weimar


Portrait of Martin Luther
1525
Oil and tempera on wood, 40 x 27 cm
City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol


Katharina von Bora
c. 1525
Panel, diameter 11 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin


Martin Luther and Katharina von Bora
1526
Panel, 23 x 16 cm (each)
Wartburg-Stiftung, Eisenach


Generalised Portrait of a Woman
c. 1525
Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 38 x 27 cm
National Gallery, London


Portrait of a Woman
1526
Oil on wood, 89 x 59 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg


Portrait of a Woman (detail)
1526
Oil on wood
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg


Portrait of Margaret of Austria
1520s
Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 50 x 35 cm
Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Dessau


Hans Melber
1526
Wood, 60 x 39 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


Portrait of Johannes Geiler von Kaysersberg
-
Wood, 30 x 23 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich


Margrave Casimir of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1522
Beech wood, 37 x 29 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna



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



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