Lucas, the Elder Cranach
Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:
A Portrait of a Young Woman, This is a portrait of an unidentified young woman. She is wearing an ornate hair piece, opulent jewels, and a lush fur shawl, which would suggest her affiliation with the court of Saxony., c. 1520, Photographed in 11035
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0132; Public Notes:
A Princess of Saxony, This is a portrait of a young Saxon princess, most likely Dorothea or Magdalena., 1517
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0131; Public Notes:
Adam and Eve, This is a depiction of Adam and Eve, at the moment that Eve succumbs to the serpent's temptation and tries the fruit., c. 1530
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0101; Public Notes:
Adam, This is a depiction of Adam, gazing toward Eve (on the other panel), presumably around the moment of temptation., 1528
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0100; Public Notes:
Agony in the Garden, This piece depicts Christ praying in the garden of Gethsemane before his arrest by the Romans., c. 1518
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0088; Public Notes:
Altarpiece with Saint Anna and Saint Elizabeth, This is the left interior wing of a diptych portraying St. Elizabeth, the mother of St. John the Baptist, with the Duke of Saxony (the patron) beneath her., c. 1514
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0092.1; Public Notes:
Altarpiece with Saint Anna and Saint Elizabeth, This is the right interior wing of a diptych portraying St. Anna, the mother of the Virgin Mary, with the Duchess of Saxony (the patron) beneath her., c. 1514
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0092.2; Public Notes:
Apollo and Diana, This is a depiction of Apollo and Diana in a hunting setting., c. 1525
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0105; Public Notes:
Christ Blessing the Children, This piece depicts Christ in the company of children and mothers, blessing them., 1537
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0086; Public Notes: This piece just underwent extensive restorations funded by the repository.
Christ, This is a portrait of Jesus Christ, holding a cross and extending his hand in the sign of blessing., c. 1535
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0091; Public Notes:
Crucifixion, This piece depicts Christ upon the cross, flanked by the other two criminals, with crowds of soldiers and mourners around the bases of the crosses., 1538
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0090; Public Notes:
Crucifixion, This piece depicts Christ upon the cross, with the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene mourning on his left side and John the Baptist grieving on the right. The placard above his head reads "INRI", an abbreviation for "Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum" (Jesus of Nazarene, King of the Jews)., c. 1521
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0089; Public Notes:
Cupid, This is a depiction of Cupid with his attribute of a bow and arrow., c. 1530
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0106; Public Notes: This is a fragment of a larger piece that has been mostly destroyed and/or lost.
Eve, This is a depiction of Eve, holding the forbidden fruit with the serpent very near to her ear., 1528
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0099; Public Notes:
Infant Christ, This piece depicts the infant Christ walking triumphantly over dark skeletons, with a cross in one hand and an apple in the other., c. 1530
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0085; Public Notes:
Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony, This is a portrait of Johann the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony., 1526
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0127; Public Notes:
John Frederick the Magnanimous of Saxony, This is a portrait of John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, champion of the Protestant Reformation, and head of the Schmalkaldic League., c. 1535
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0109; Public Notes:
Konrad Krebs, Architect, This is a distemper portrait of Konrad Krebs who was one of the most important Saxon architects of the 16th century., 1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0107; Public Notes:
Lucretia, This is a depiction of Lucretia in the moments before she takes her own life with a sword. Her rape by the Etruscan prince and her subsequent suicide instigated the revolution which established the Roman Republic., c. 1525
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0134; Public Notes: This painting was last exhibited by the Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Galleries, New York, in the 1930's.
Lucretia, This is a depiction of Lucretia with a dagger pressed to her breast, the moment before she commits suicide. Lucretia takes her own life after being raped by the son of the Etruscan king. Her suicide was the instigating factor of the revolution that established the Roman Republic., c. 1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.GERM.0130; Public Notes: The last recorded exhibition of this work was in the Van Diemen Loan Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, November 1929.
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