Christ from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul
Medium
Woodcut
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 3/16 × 8 9/16 in. (36 × 21.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.35.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the striking woodcut *Christ from Christ, the Apostles and St. Paul by Lucas Cranach the Elder, a master of the Northern Renaissance. on a modest sheet measuring 14 3/16 × 8 9/16 inches, this print isolates the central figure of Christ from what was likely a larger composition featuring the Apostles and Saint Paul. Cranach, a prolific German artist (1472–1553) who served as court painter to the Electors of Saxony, was renowned for his vivid religious imagery that bridged late Gothic traditions with emerging Renaissance naturalism. Woodcuts like this one were revolutionary in the 16th c...
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...