The 713 Artworks created around 1550 and containing the word lucas cranach the elder, northern renaissance, men, famous people, 1550

John the Constant (1468—1532) was a member of the Ernestine line of the House of Wettin. During the lifetime of his brother, Elector Frederick the Wise, he became involved in the business of government. After his brother's death in 1525, John the Constant inherited the position of Elector and became...

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Johannes Carion (Joanis Carionis, 1499-1537) was a historian and court astrologer for Elector Joachim I. He wrote, with the support of Melanchtons, a well respected word chronicle, Chronica (Wittenberg, 1532).

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Lucas Cranach The Elder, a renowned German Renaissance painter and printmaker, created the stunning painting Stag Hunt of Elector Friedrich III the Wise i...

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Self-portrait. Coloured chalks and pen, heightened with gold, 23 × 18 cm. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The gold background is of a later date. According to art historian John Rowlands, 'Although this drawing has been enlarged on all sides and heavily reworked, enough of it still shows to allow the assu...

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Katharina von Bora (1499-1552) was a German Catholic nun. She was a significant participant in the Protestant Reformation, and later became the wife of Martin Luther. It in now in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

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David and Bathsheba (1526), (Red beechwood panel, 39 x 26 cm) is in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin. This panel is typical of Cranach's satirical approach to biblical subjects recast as courtly contemporary 'tableaux vivants'.

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