Lucas cranach

The magnificent rooms of the Thiel Gallery are always filled with art from around 1900 collected by the banker and patron of the arts Ernest Thiel. But this unique collection consists of nearly 900 works and there is not enough room to…

The Martyrdom of St Catherine by Lucas Cranach the Elder (HU HCBC) - detail - Category:The Martyrdom of St. Catherine by Lucas Cranach the Elder - Wikimedia Commons

Cranach was one of the leading German painters and printmakers of the early 16th century. As court painter of the Elector of Saxony, the patron of Luther, Cranach is remembered as the chief artist of the Reformation. He painted altarpieces, Lutheran subject pictures and portraits, as well as mythological decorative works and nudes, such as the 'Cupid complaining to Venus' in the Collection.

Category:Gnadenbild Mariahilf - Wikimedia Commons

Lucas Cranach der Ältere, Kronach 1472 - Weimar 1553 Ein Herr aus der Familie von Rechenberg / A Member of the von Rechenberg Family (1535 - 40) Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

Der Heiligen Leben (Lives of the Saints) tells the story of Barbara, who was locked away in a tower by her heathen father, Dioscorus, to protect her from avid suitors. During her father’s absence, Barbara had a third window installed in the tower and was baptized