Saint James the Greater, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles
Lucas Cranach the Elder
c. 1512
Medium
Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/block/sheet: 16.3 × 12.5 cm (6 7/16 × 4 15/16 in.)
Classification
woodcut
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
45759
About the Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1472–1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder (c. 1472-1553) was one of the most prominent German Renaissance painters and a key artistic figure of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Kronach, Franconia, to the painter Hans Maler, Cranach began his career in Vienna around 1502, where he became one of the founders of the Danube School, a movement characterized by expressive landscape painting and emotional force. His ea...