The paintings of Lucas Cranach
/ Max J Friedländer ; Jakob Rosenberg
- Secaucus, NJ : The Wellfleet Press , c1978
- 434 p. : illus. ; 29 cm
Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the revised edition -- Introduction -- Addendum to the introduction -- Colour plates -- Catalogue -- Concordance of the numbers of the 1932 edition with those in the present edition -- Index to the past and present owners of Cranach paintings -- Monochrome plates.
Lucas Cranach the Elder, was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm. He was a close friend of Martin Luther. Cranach also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran religious concerns in art. He continued throughout his career to paint nude subjects drawn from mythology and religion.