A Prince of Saxony
Lucas Cranach the Elder
c. 1517
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
overall: 43.7 x 34.4 cm (17 3/16 x 13 9/16 in.) framed: 58.4 x 48.9 x 4.7 cm (23 x 19 1/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CNE-R
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ralph and Mary Booth Collection
Accession Number
1947.6.1
About the Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1472–1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472-1553) was one of the most prominent German Renaissance painters and a key artistic figure of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Kronach, Franconia, to the painter Hans Maler, Cranach began his career in Vienna around 1502, where he became one of the founders of the Danube School, a movement characterized by expressive landscape painting and emotional force. His ea...