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Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Fan account of Lucas Cranach the Elder, a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. 1472-1553 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 6h

Samson and Delilah www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 7h

Diana and Actaeon www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Diana and Actaeon

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 11h

Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Portrait of a Saxon Prince www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait of a Saxon Prince

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Feast of Herod www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Feast of Herod

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Adam and Eve www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Adam and Eve

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The old man in love www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The old man in love

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lot and his daughters www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Lot and his daughters

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Portrait of Martin Luther www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait of Martin Luther

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Saint Simon www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Princess www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The Princess

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

John Frederick the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

John Frederick the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Portrait of Joachim II www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait of Joachim II

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Judith www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Judith

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Johannes Carion www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Johannes Carion

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sleeping Nymph of the Spring www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Sleeping Nymph of the Spring

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Madonna and Child with Grapes collections.artsmia.org/art/1676

Lucas Cranach the Elder worked in a time of religious upheaval. Martin Luther (a close associate of Cranach) led the Protestant Reformation challenging the Catholic Church, arguing that man could have a direct relationship with God without the need for a priest to intermediate. Cranach adapted familiar Catholic imagery to the Protestant Reformation. The image of Mary as a half-figure with her son Jesus Christ as a little man standing on her lap is derived from Italian prototypes of the later 1400s. Jesus holds a single grape, which he has picked from a bunch held by his mother. This refers to the belief that bread and wine turn into Christ’s body and blood during Catholic mass, a doctrine shared by Martin Luther but disputed by other reformers.

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Electors of Saxony: Friedrich the Wise, Johann the Steadfast and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Electors of Saxony: Friedrich the Wise, Johann the Steadfast and Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Reclining River Nymph at the Fountain

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Adam and Eve www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Adam and Eve

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Melancholy www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Melancholy

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Portrait of a Man with a Rosary www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Christ in the Garden www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Martin Luther as Junker Jörg www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Martin Luther as Junker Jörg

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Nymph of the Spring www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The Nymph of the Spring

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Procuress www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The Procuress

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Venus and Cupid www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Venus and Cupid

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Apollo and Diana www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Apollo and Diana

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Albrecht of Brandenburg as St. Jerome in his study www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Albrecht of Brandenburg as St. Jerome in his study

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Portrait of Lucas Cranach the Elder www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait of Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Venus and Cupid www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Venus and Cupid

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Adam and Eve www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Adam and Eve

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Golden Age www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The Golden Age

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Georg der Bärtige, Duke of Saxony www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Georg der Bärtige, Duke of Saxony

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Charity www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Charity

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Christ and the Adulteress www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Christ and the Adulteress

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Johann I (1468–1532), the Constant, Elector of Saxony www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Purchase, 1871

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Christ as Savior with Martin Luther www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Christ as Savior with Martin Luther

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Portrait of Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560) www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021…

Portrait of Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Tournament with Samson and the Lion www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Rogers Fund, 1918

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Venus and Cupid www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Venus and Cupid

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Philipp Melanchthon www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Philipp Melanchthon

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Judith with the head of Holofernes www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Judith with the head of Holofernes

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Saint Bartholomew www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The First Tournament collections.artsmia.org/art/49889

The First Tournament

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Entombment www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Portrait of Katharina von Bora www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait of Katharina von Bora

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