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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Removal of the Cranach paintings’ cradles at some unknown date in history required a process of scraping and planing the back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Publicly held paintings by Jackson Pollock, Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet and Lucas Cranach the Elder have been sold into private ownership in recent months.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 4, 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
Venus, by the German Renaissance master Lucas Cranach the Elder, to describe the work more fully: oil on oak, 38cm by 25cm, and dated to 1531.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 15, 2018
In the old cathedral of Naumbourg is a fine Cranach picture of St. Elizabeth, with the Wartbourg above her head and the Marbourg church at her feet.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare
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