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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 · 3h

Christ 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 · 7h

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

The Holy Family

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 9h

Katharina Luther www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Katharina Luther

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

St. Thomas 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 · 08/10/2026

The Judgement of Paris www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The Judgement of Paris

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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

The dying man

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Penitence of St. Jerome www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

The Penitence of St. Jerome

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

St. Leopold www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

St. Leopold

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Portrait Of Johann Friederich I the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait Of Johann Friederich I the Magnanimous, Elector of Saxony

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Beardless young man www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Beardless young man

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Katharina Luther www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Katharina Luther

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Portrait of Moritz Buchner collections.artsmia.org/art/1324

One of a pair of marriage portraits (see 57.10)
These companion portraits have been identified as Moritz Büchner and his wife, Anna Lindacker Büchner. Moritz was a successful merchant and city alderman, part of the newly affluent middle class that emerged with the growth of capitalism in Germany in the 1500s. Lucas Cranach, the court artist to Frederick III of Saxony, was commissioned by the Büchners to paint their likenesses for posterity. Here, Cranach captures the confidence, pride, and ambition that often accompany newly acquired wealth and improved social status. The date of the painting appears with Cranach’s signature, a winged serpent, on the extreme left of Moritz’s portrait.

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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

Adam and Eve

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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

Adam and Eve in Paradise

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wife of Dr. Johann Stephan Reuss www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Wife of Dr. Johann Stephan Reuss

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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

Portrait of Katharina von Bora

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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

The Three Graces

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Johann Friedrich von Sachsen www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Johann Friedrich von Sachsen

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Penance of Saint John Chrysostom www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Loan in honor of Jakob Rosenberg

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

St. Anthony Abbot www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Judith at the Table of Holofernes www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Judith at the Table of Holofernes

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

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

Albrecht Brandenburg

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

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

Christ and Mary

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Katharina Luther www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Katharina Luther

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Saint Peter www.harvardartmuseums.org/collectio…

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

Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Portrait of a Young Nobleman www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-th…

Portrait of a Young Nobleman

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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 · 02/10/2026

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

Diana and Actaeon

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Lucas Cranach the Elder @cranachelder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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