Lucas Cranach the Younger
Lucas Cranach the Younger was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach.
Portrait of a Bearded Man (c. 1546), a possible self-portrait
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Hermitage Museum, Russia
The grave of Lucas Cranach the Younger, Stadtkirche Wittenberg
Adam and Eve
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.
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1550
Signature of Cranach the Elder from 1508 on a winged snake with ruby ring, depicted in a 1514 portrait
Apollo and Diana, 1530
Portrait of Martin Luther, 1529