Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger (Lucas Cranach der Jüngere [jʏˈŋɛʁə]; 4 October 1515 – 25 January 1586) was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder.
Early life
Lucas Cranach the Younger was born in Wittenberg on 4 October 1515 as the youngest son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and Barbara Brengebier. He began his career as an apprentice in his father's workshop alongside his brother Hans. Henceforth, his own reputation and fame grew. After his father's death, he assumed control over the workshop.
On 20 February 1541 he married Barbara Brück, who went on to bear three sons and a daughter; she died on 10 February 1550. Thereafter Cranach remarried, wedding Magdalena Schurff on 24 May 1551. This union produced three daughters and two sons, including Augustin Cranach.
He is known for portraits and simple versions of allegorical and mythical scenes. The style of his paintings can be so similar to those of his father that there have been some difficulties in attribution of their works. Prominent scholars seem to, nowadays, tend toward the opinion of honest description of his talent as stoic and undeveloped, at most.
Works
- Portrait of Georg Cracow and family
- Lucretia (1538)
- Nymph of the Spring (1545-1550)
- Christ blessing the children (1545-1550)
- Christ and the adulteress (1545-1550)
References
External links
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- Cranach Digital Archive (cda) The research resource on Lucas Cranach
- Fifteenth- to eighteenth-century European paintings: France, Central Europe, the Netherlands, Spain, and Great Britain, a collection catalog fully available online as a PDF, which contains material on Cranach the Younger (cat. no. 10)