Lucas Cranach the Elder: Christ as the Man of Sorrows with the Virgin and St. John

An in-depth exploration of the life and art of the artist considered to be the founder of "Lutheran" painting. One of the greatest artists of sixteenth-century Germany, Lucas Cranach the Elder employed his talents in a variety of genres, including portraiture, etching, engraving, draughtsmanship, and painting--more than 1,000 works are ...more

This study provides the first comprehensive description of the materials, techniques and studio practices of German painter Lucas Cranach the Elder. Gunnar Heydenreich draws on detailed technical examination of Cranach’s paintings, as well as analysis of documentary sources, to explain the characteristic elements of more than three hundred of Cranach’s ...more