Four Saints Adoring Christ Crucified on the Sacred Heart
Medium
Woodcut; first state of two (Hollstein)
Dimensions
Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 3/16 in. (38 × 28.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927
Accession Number
27.54.23
Tags
About this artwork
Lucas Cranach the Elder's "Four Saints Adoring Christ Crucified on the Sacred Heart" (1505) The work, executed in woodcut; first state of two (hollstein), measures sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 3/16 in. and Prints served crucial roles in disseminating artistic ideas and images across geographic and social boundaries. This work provides valuable insights into Lucas Cranach the Elder's artistic practice and the broader cultural and material contexts of its creation.
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...