The Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony
Lucas Cranach the Elder · woodcut
Public domain
Open Access image from the National Gallery of Art. Marked openaccess in the Gallery’s public-domain image dataset and released free for any use.
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About this picture
The Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony is a public-domain illustration by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Woodcut. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Virgin and Child Adored by Frederic the Wise of Saxony” (date not listed) has Cranach’s thin, precise line. The picture may be a court portrait or a religious panel from the Wittenberg workshop.
About the artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) was a German Renaissance painter at the Saxon court. He painted portraits and religious panels with a hard, elegant line.
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