Venus and Cupid
Lucas Cranach the Elder
dated 1506 (probably executed c. 1509)
Medium
woodcut printed in red on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to image): 28.7 x 19.8 cm (11 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1998.6.1
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...