Embedded in the influential currents of the Renaissance and shaped by a profound artistic passion, the groundbreaking oeuvre of Lucas Cranach the Elder was born. Probably born in Kronach, Upper Franconia, around October 4, 1472, Cranach became one of the leading painters, printmakers, and letterpress printers of his time. From 1505, he served as court painter at the electoral courts under Frederick the Wise, John the Steadfast, and John Frederick the Magnanimous. Over the course of his life, he created an impressive series of altarpieces, allegorical paintings, and portraits, including unforgettable depictions of the Reformers Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon. The creative power of the Cranach workshop was enormous, leaving us some 5000 paintings, an impressive amount that our company now carefully and respectfully reproduces in high-quality art prints.
Cranach's artistic development began under the guidance of his father, Hans Maler, a wealthy citizen of Kronach. As a young journeyman, Lucas went on the road and in 1502 found himself in Vienna, then the cultural center and seat of the imperial court of Maximilian I. There he was able to make important contacts with leading humanists and refine his painting technique under the influence of the Danube School. During this time, he began to sign his paintings "Lucas Cranach," using his birthplace, Kronach, as an artistic pseudonym. About a decade later, around 1512/13, Cranach married Barbara Brengbier, the daughter of the mayor of Gotha, and started a family that produced three daughters as well as two sons, including Philip Melanchthon, who continued his father's workshop.
After a full and productive life, Lucas Cranach the Elder died in Weimar on October 16, 1553. He left behind an incomparable wealth of works of art, which adorn museums, churches and private collections to this day. He found his final resting place in Weimar's Jacob's Cemetery, where his tombstone refers to him as "the fastest painter." Today, we pay homage to his immense oeuvre by carefully reproducing his works in art prints that bring the magnificent legacy of this Renaissance master into the present. Each art print is produced with the utmost respect for the artistic original and with the dedication that does justice to the significance of Lucas Cranach the Elder. In this way, we continue the legacy of this extraordinary artist by bringing his genius to a new audience through our art prints.
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.jpg "Betrothal Portrait of Sybille of Cleves by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist. c. 1527-1530. Dimensions: 88.4 x 58.3 cm. Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_1509_-_Woodcut_-_26_-_(MeisterDrucke-939254).jpg "Tournament by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Lucretia gives herself death. The suicide of Lucretia, Roman lady of the 6th century BC. Painting by Lucas Cranach (1472-1553), 16th century. Besançon, Museum of Fine Arts by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_circa_1530_Flemish_-_(MeisterDrucke-1026156).jpg "The old fool. Circa 1530. Flemish art of the 16th century. National Gallery, Sternberg Palace, Prague (Czech Republic). by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of a woman - Young woman clothed in black velvet by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660547).jpg "The Old Man in Love or The Mismatched Lovers (detail), ca. 1530 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_on_w_-_(MeisterDrucke-971683).jpg "Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief, by Lucas Cranach the Elder by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_ca_1510_-_(MeisterDrucke-994861).jpg "The Fall of Man: Eve by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660618).jpg "Paradise by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Saint Paul, Apostle by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Detail_The_emperor_is_p_-_(MeisterDrucke-945989).jpg "Hunting in honor of Charles V at Torgau Castle (Germany) (detail). The emperor is probably a representative downstairs holding a crossbow. Painting by Lucas Cranach by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-969457).jpg "Madonna and Child in a Landscape, c.1518 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Peinture_de_Lucas_Cranach_lancien_(1472-1553_-_(MeisterDrucke-1003212).jpg "Apollo and Diana by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660688).jpg "Lucretia, Roman Noblewoman and Wife of Tarquinius Collatinus by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-941596).jpg "Paradise by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_right_panel_-_(MeisterDrucke-1474124).jpg "The Holy Kinship (Right Panel) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Judgment of Paris, 2nd Quarter 16th Century by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660521).jpg "Adam by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_(1490-1568)_-_Portrait_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031396).jpg "Portrait of Margrave Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Duke of Prussia by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_on_wood_ca_1510-1_-_(MeisterDrucke-995065).jpg "The Fall of Man: Adam - Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). Oil on wood, ca 1510-1520. Dimensions: 137x54 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_1529_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323089).jpg "Law and Grace by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660541).jpg "The Holy Kinship by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "King David and Bathsheba by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660457).jpg "Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1530 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_King_of_Denmark_Painting_by_Lucas_Cranach_t_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660458).jpg "Portrait of Christian II, King of Denmark by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child with a Bunch of Grapes by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Lucretia by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660634).jpg "Portrait of Sybille de Clèves, circa 1535 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Saint Peter by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_drawing_-_(MeisterDrucke-1103848).jpg "Portrait of Ernest Confessor by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_c1520-30_(brush_with_brown_wash_heightened_with_white_go_-_(MeisterDrucke-1431147).jpg "Study of a Stag (recto) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_16th_century_Musee_-_(MeisterDrucke-948334).jpg "Courtesan and Old Man by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1468389).jpg "Portrait of a Man, c.1530 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lucretia by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660454).jpg "Paradise by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Nymph at Fountain by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030724).jpg "Portrait of Dr. Johannes Cuspinian by Lucas Cranach the Elder by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Venus, Standing in a Landscape by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_ca_1530_-_Oil_on_wood_Dim_-_(MeisterDrucke-1313950).jpg "Venus by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Fall of Man: Christ as the Man of Sorrows by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1088947).jpg "The Old Man and the Young Woman by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Saint Dorothy, Saint Agnes and Saint Kunigunde (detail) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Venus and Cupid Stealing Honey (detail) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Sun_56x36_cm_London_Nati_-_(MeisterDrucke-1021410).jpg "Charity by Lucas Cranach the Elder by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1120256).jpg "Reclining Diana, by Lucas Cranach Elder by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Peinture_de_Lucas_Cranac_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323443).jpg "The Agony in the Garden by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Lovesick Old Man by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1422801).jpg "Judith with Head of Holofernes by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1080854).jpg "Venus (detail) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Painting_by_Lucas_Crana_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030286).jpg "Hunting in Honor of Charles V at Torgau Castle by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Silver Age or")
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_-_1522_-_Oi_-_(MeisterDrucke-995387).jpg "The Unequal Couple by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1094044).jpg "Detail of Paradise by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660535).jpg "Markgraf Casimir von Brandenburg-Culmbach by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1431123).jpg "The Golden Age by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Hercules and Omphale (detail) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Sibylle of Cleves by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Detail_-_(MeisterDrucke-1123366).jpg "Way to Calvary (detail) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_15_-_(MeisterDrucke-1029947).jpg "Venus Standing in a Landscape. Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), 1529, oil on wood, dimensions 0.38 x 0.25 m by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_by_Cranach_Lucas_-_(MeisterDrucke-983013).jpg "The Papal Ass of Rome, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). Woodcut by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Fall by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Hunt in Honor of Charles V at Torgau Castle by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Young Nobleman by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660526).jpg "The Old Man in Love or The Mismatched Lovers, ca. 1530 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Christ Child Blessing by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion with the Converted Centurion by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660540).jpg "Adam and Eve by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_dit_le_Pieux_(1073-1136)_-_Saint_Le_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011002).jpg "Saint Leopold by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
_dit_le_Pieux_(1073-1136)_-_Saint_Le_-_(MeisterDrucke-1011002).jpg)
_(oil_on_board)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1464471).jpg "Portrait of Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_1550-1552_-_Oil_o_-_(MeisterDrucke-939276).jpg "Saint John the Baptist by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1582983).jpg "Martin Luther with doctor")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1041580).jpg "Venus and Cupid, c.1525 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "A woodcut of the Garden of Eden from")
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.jpg "Eve by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Philip I of Pomerania, Prince of the Reform by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Detail_Painting_by_Luca_-_(MeisterDrucke-945991).jpg "Hunting in honor of Charles V at Torgau Castle (Germany) (detail). Painting by Lucas Cranach by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Jean_Frederic_de_Saxe_dit_-_(MeisterDrucke-1323532).jpg "Portrait of John of Saxony by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Double portrait of Frederick III of Saxony by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660752).jpg "Judith with the Head of Holofernes, ca. 1530 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Lady Young woman richly clothed, wearing a hat and jewel trim by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-1028818).jpg "Feast of Herod by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_drawin_-_(MeisterDrucke-1120288).jpg "Portrait of Philip I, Duke of Pomerania by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Bathsheba at her Bath by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Theme_inspire_des_poemes_gr_-_(MeisterDrucke-1423062).jpg "The Close of The Silver Age by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Apollo and Diana by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Judgement of Paris by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Une_vieille_souteneuse_edentee_prend_la_bourse_du_-_(MeisterDrucke-1321091).jpg "The Procuress by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1584392).jpg "Eve. Outer Side of the Wings of an Altar by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Frederick III of Saxony, Known as Wise by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660598).jpg "The Uneven Couple by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Choice of Heracles (From The Labours of Hercules) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_on_wood_c1540_-_(MeisterDrucke-982874).jpg "The Agony in the Garden by Lucas Cranach the Elder by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_c1530_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-996284).jpg "The Old Man and the Young Woman by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Apres_le_dernier_souper_l_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318600).jpg "Agony in the Garden by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Peinture_de_Lucas_Cranach_lancien_(14_-_(MeisterDrucke-995389).jpg "The Unequal Couple by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Judith with Head of Holofernes by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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