Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Lucas Cranach the Elder
probably 1532
Medium
Oil on wood
Dimensions
13 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (33.3 x 23.2 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Robert Lehman, 1955
Accession Number
55.220.2
Tags
Martin LutherMenPortraits
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...