The Tournament with Lances
Lucas Cranach the Elder
dated 1509
Medium
Paper, ink
Dimensions
11 5/8 x 16 1/2 in. (29.5 x 41.9 cm)
Classification
Works on Paper-Prints
Culture
German
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Alberta M. Welch, in memory of Alexander McMillan Welch, 1945
Accession Number
45.160.11
Tags
HorsesMenWomen
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...