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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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
The show will include an array of works by figures such as Titian, Michelangelo, Giovanni Bellini and Lucas Cranach the Elder, among many others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
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
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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