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

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Lucas Cranach The Elder, Prince Johann of Anhalt, 1520. Oil on beech wood. Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg. Source

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.

Alas, last week’s Worth ensemble got no love, despite it’s universally popular peacock blue colour. The proportions were deamed to be totally off, and the dress received a 4.5 out of 10. This week, we look at another frock that may have proportional problems. Lucas Cranach the Elder, for all of his skills, isn’t noted for his anatomically accurate representations of the female physique. Whether his depictions of their fashions is any more accurate is unknown, so we shall just have to rate…

Lucas Cranach the Elder - The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara 1510

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), The Golden Age, ca 1530, oil and tempera on wood, detail. Das Goldene Zeitalter. Canon 7D

The saint is shown as a full-length seated figure, sumptuously dressed and holding an ointment jar in her hands. In the background the image shows the …