Zevenarmige kandelaar en tafel met het toonbrood

About this artwork

collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Art Historical Context

**Zevenarmige kand en tafel met het toonod** (Seven-Branched Candelabrum and with the Showbread), created by Lucas Cranach the between 1523 and 1526, captures sacred furnishings from the ancient Jewish Tabernacle. This intimate print, measuring just 226 × 145 mm, depicts the ornate seven-armed menorah and the table bearing the ritual showbread, symbols of divine presence and covenant from the Old Testament. Cranach, a master of the Northern Renaissance, renders these objects with meticulous detail, highlighting their symbolic weight in a time of religious upheaval. Hand-colored on what was li...