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Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Renaissance Painter · Active 1533 – 1533

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop is among the painters whose work defines the Renaissance era. Paintale holds 2 of Workshop’s works in its collection, spanning themes of daily life.

Daily Life

Where to see the work: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop (2)

About Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

Working at the height of the Renaissance period, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop produced a body of work that remains foundational to Western art. The recurring themes across the surviving paintings — daily life — show an artist returning to the same questions about the human figure, light, and the moral weight of a scene that Renaissance painting was uniquely equipped to answer.

Today, paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop are held in major institutions including The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each work on Paintale unpacks the subject, the symbolism, the technique, and the long afterlife of the painting — why it was commissioned, what its earliest viewers were expected to see, and why it still rewards close looking today.

Frequently asked about Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

When did Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop live?
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop was active around 1533 – 1533, during the Renaissance period.
Where can I see paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
What themes did Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop paint?
Daily Life.