Christ taking leave of his mother

Christ taking leave of his mother www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

The Infatuated Old Woman

The Infatuated Old Woman www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Lot and his daughters

Lot and his daughters www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Arrest of Christ

Arrest of Christ www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Water Nymph Resting

Water Nymph Resting www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Adam and Eve in Paradise

Adam and Eve in Paradise www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Judith with the head of Holofernes

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

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

Saint Peter www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/25552...

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.

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

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Judith

Judith www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

The Judgment of Paris

The Judgment of Paris www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Purchase, David L. Klein Jr. Memorial Foundation Inc. Gift, Van Day Truex Fund, Malcolm H. Wiener, Susan H. Seidel, Mr. and Mrs. David M. Tobey and Stephen A. Geiger Gifts, and Karen B. Cohen Fund, 1995

Saint Catherine https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334800

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous Gift

Gentleman and Lady Riding to the Hunt www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/22602...

Fall of Man

Fall of Man www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt, by exchange

Christ and the Woman of Samaria www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/25556...

The Silver Age

The Silver Age www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Portrait of Luther's Father

Portrait of Luther's Father www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

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

St. Anthony Abbot www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/29638...

Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony

Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony https://collections.artsmia.org/art/49878/

Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau

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

Elector John the Constant of Saxony

Elector John the Constant of Saxony www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Portrait of Charles V

Portrait of Charles V www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Portrait of Duke Johann der Bestandige of Saxony

Portrait of Duke Johann der Bestandige of Saxony www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Albrecht Brandenburg

Albrecht Brandenburg www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Young mother with child

Young mother with child www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

Feast of Herod

Feast of Herod www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

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

Saint Simon www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/24255...

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments www.wikiart.org/en/lucas-cranach-the-eld...

The Nymph of the Spring

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