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 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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_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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.jpg "Lucretia by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Martin Luther with Representatives of Protestant Reformation (detail) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_1509_-_Woodcut_-_29_-_(MeisterDrucke-959617).jpg "Tournament 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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_tempera_on_panel_Germany_-_(MeisterDrucke-1092151).jpg "Pieta by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Nymph at the source or The rest of Diane 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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)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660457).jpg "Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1530 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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_Ier_de_Saxe_dit_le_Magnanime-_John_Frederick_I_Ele_-_(MeisterDrucke-1320572).jpg "John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Hercules Stealing the Apples from the Hesperides (From The Labours of Hercules) 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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_1538_Dim_10_-_(MeisterDrucke-1002703).jpg "The Climb to Calvary by Lucas Cranach the Elder by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_by_Cranach_Lucas_the_Elder_(1472-_-_(MeisterDrucke-971529).jpg "John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554), by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553). Oil on wood by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1534706).jpg "Nymph at the Source, after 1537 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Stag Hunt of Prince Elector Frederic III of Saxony Called the Wise by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_German_theologian_-_(MeisterDrucke-1110325).jpg "Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sibyl of Cleves by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Saint Catherine")
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.jpg "Hercules Capturing the Ceryneian Hind (From The Labours of Hercules) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_on_wood_ca_1510-1_-_(MeisterDrucke-995065).jpg "The Fall of Man: Adam 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1014574).jpg "Venus (Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Flagellation of Christ by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Simon, from the Martyrdom of the Twelve Apostles 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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.jpg "Portrait of Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_circa_1530_Flemish_-_(MeisterDrucke-1026156).jpg "The Old Fool 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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_c1530_(oil_on_canvas)_-_(MeisterDrucke-996284).jpg "The Old Man and the Young Woman by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Fall of Man: The Virgin as the Mother of Sorrows by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "A woodcut of the Garden of Eden from")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Young Woman 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")
_Peinture_de_Lucas_Cranach_lancien_(1472-1553_-_(MeisterDrucke-1003212).jpg)
_central_panel_-_(MeisterDrucke-1474126).jpg "The Holy Kinship (Central Panel) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Prince Wolf Anhalt of Saxony, Prince of the Reform by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_daughter_of_Martin_Luther_Painting_by_L_-_(MeisterDrucke-1003234).jpg "Portrait of Magdalena Luther, Daughter of Martin Luther by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660521).jpg "Adam by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Venus and Cupid Stealing Honey by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Heracles and the Erymanthian Boar (From The Labours of Hercules) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660456).jpg "The Staghunt of Elector Friedrich der Weise of Saxony by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Virgin and Child with John the Baptist as a Boy. Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-898465).jpg "The Crucifixion, c. 1506-20 by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Hunting in Honor of Charles V at Torgau Castle in Germany (detail) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_woodcut_-_(MeisterDrucke-1117337).jpg "Passion of Christ: the scourging by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-946367).jpg "Portrait of a Prince of Saxony by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660598).jpg "The Uneven Couple 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 "Martin Luther, Bust in Three-Quarter View by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Frederic III the Wise, Grand Elector of Saxony by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Emilia_(1516-91)_and_Sidonia_(1518-_-_(MeisterDrucke-899871).jpg "Three Princesses of Saxony, Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia, Daughters of Duke Heinrich of Frommen by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
_Emilia_(1516-91)_and_Sidonia_(1518-_-_(MeisterDrucke-899871).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1457048).jpg "Portrait of Catherine of Mecklenburg, Duchess Consort of Saxony (1487-1561) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-908627).jpg "The Nymph of the Spring (after 1537) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_o_-_(MeisterDrucke-949087).jpg "Portrait of Apollonia von Wiedebach, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) 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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_Oil_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-994972).jpg "Venus and Cupid 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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.jpg "Christ")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-932205).jpg "Albert, Cardinal Elector of Mainz at the Foot of the Cross by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Christ with the Crown of Thorns by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Painting_by_Carnach_-_(MeisterDrucke-949403).jpg "Portrait of Martin Luther, Painting by Cranach by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-898615).jpg "The Stag Hunt of the Elector Frederick the Wise by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of King Christian II of Denmark by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Mismatched Couple by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Saint Paul, Apostle by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_(Ec_All)_16th_century_Prague_-_(MeisterDrucke-946968).jpg "The Old Fool by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Duke Ernest the Confessor by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Katharina Luther, née Katharina von Bora (1499-1552) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660572).jpg "Elector Frederic the Wise 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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_Hercule_portant_la_voute_celeste_dAtlas_sur_ses_epa_-_(MeisterDrucke-959653).jpg "Atlas and Hercules (From The Labours of Hercules) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria with Saints Dorothy, Margaret and Barbara by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of Frederick of Saxony 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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.jpg "Lucrece giving himself death (Painting by Lucas Cranach) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_left_panel_-_(MeisterDrucke-1474125).jpg "The Holy Kinship (Left Panel) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-949089).jpg "The Fountain of Youth, by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child with Saint John and Angels by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Charity by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Portrait of a Man 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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.jpg "Venus and Amor by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660899).jpg "Saint Jerome Penitent 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1431123).jpg "The Golden Age by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Sibylle of Cleves by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660540).jpg "Adam and Eve by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Adam and Eve by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_c1520-30_(brush_with_black_gray_green_wash_and_black_chal_-_(MeisterDrucke-1431214).jpg "Study of Goats (verso) by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1660715).jpg "Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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.jpg "Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_1515_-_Oil_on_wood_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031366).jpg "Saint Jerome by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_-_1522_-_Oi_-_(MeisterDrucke-995387).jpg "The Unequal Couple by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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_Oil_on_wood_ca_1515_Kl_-_(MeisterDrucke-982871).jpg "The Man of Sorrows by Lucas Cranach the Elder by Lucas the Elder Cranach")
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