Special Exhibition Gallery - Cranach the Elder

What was the secret to Lucas Cranach the Elder's success? This comprehensive exhibition, organized by the Städel Museum, offers over 100 authenticated works by the German master in an attempt to answer the question. Cranach the Elder surveys six decades of the artist's work, illustrating his versatile ability to jump from mythology, to parody, to altarpieces, to some of the most iconic portraits to came out of the Reformation. And therein, dear friend, lies his successful secret: Lucas Cranach I never met a commission he didn't like, nor did he ever fail to please his diverse sources of patronage. Take a peek -- you'll see what I mean.

Cranach the Elder is on view at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, from November 23, 2007-February 17, 2008. It is scheduled to appear at the Royal Academy of Arts, London from March 12-June 8, 2008.

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The Crucifixion, ca. 1500	Good Thief on the Cross, ca. 1501/02	Portrait of a Male Donor, ca. 1508	The Altarpiece of the Holy Kinship (also called "Torgau Altarpiece"), 1509
Portrait of a Princess of Saxony, ca. 1512	The Judgement of Paris, ca. 1512-14	The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 1515	The Nativity, ca. 1515-20
Madonna with Child, ca. 1518	Head of Christ with Crown of Thorns, ca. 1520/25	Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as St. Jerome in his Study, 1525	St. Mary Magdalene in a Landscape, 1525