Cranach
Americannoun
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Lucas the Elder, 1472–1553, German painter and graphic artist.
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his son Lucas the Younger, 1515–86, German painter and graphic artist.
noun
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Botticelli, Cranach, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt — lots of Renaissance and Baroque artists painted different elements of the antique narrative.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2022
It was “The Annunciation to Joachim” by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, the piece in the Herzog collection most beloved by her mother.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 5, 2020
But in the 16th century, both Albrecht Dürer and Lucas Cranach the Elder, following Jerome’s lead, famously depicted Adam and Eve beside unambiguous apples.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
The authenticity of four, in particular, including the Cranach, has been contested; the art historian Bendor Grosvenor said they may turn out to be “the best old master fakes the world has ever seen.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2018
Five years later the friar dropped the cowl, and Cranach was present as “one of the council” at the betrothal festival of Luther and Catherine Bora.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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