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© Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; used with permission
- Good Thief on the Cross, ca. 1501/02© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin PK, Kupferstichkabinett; used with permission
- Portrait of a Male Donor, ca. 1508© The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; used with permission
- The Altarpiece of the Holy Kinship (also called "Torgau Altarpiece"), 1509© Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main / Photo © Jochen Beyer, Village-Neuf; used with permission
- Portrait of a Princess of Saxony, ca. 1512© National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; used with permission
- The Judgement of Paris, ca. 1512-14© Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; used with permission
- The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, 1515© Archdiocese of Olmütz, Archbishop's Schloß, Kroměříž; used with permission
- The Nativity, ca. 1515-20© Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister; used with permission
- Madonna with Child, ca. 1518© Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe; used with permission
- Head of Christ with Crown of Thorns, ca. 1520/25© Private collection; used with permission
- Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg as St. Jerome in his Study, 1525© Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt; used with permission
- St. Mary Magdalene in a Landscape, 1525© Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Köln; used with permission
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