lucas cranach the elder

Lucas Cranach the Elder combined Renaissance innovations with the traditions of Gothic painting. A versatile artist, he worked across a range of genres, including portraiture, religious and mythological subjects, and landscape. His style is distinguished by vivid color, expressive forms and contours, a wealth of detail, and a certain fairy-tale quality. Cranach also developed a highly recognizable type of female beauty that recurs throughout his works. His paintings reveal a harmonious integration of figures and landscape, a hallmark of the Danube School. A supporter of the Reformation, Cranach actively engaged in the movement, producing illustrations for Protestant pamphlets as well as celebrated portraits of Martin Luther. The artistic legacy of Lucas Cranach the Elder includes many iconic works, such as Adam and Eve, Venus and Cupid, The Virgin and Child under an Apple Tree, and The Judgment of Paris. His paintings are highly esteemed by art historians and are preserved in leading museums worldwide, including the Uffizi Gallery, the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, and the State Hermitage Museum. Explore the artist’s works in our collection and immerse yourself in the unique atmosphere of the German Renaissance. You can easily order a digital reproduction of your favorite painting and enjoy the creations of this great master at any time.