Lucas CranachGerman, 1472–1553H. Stefanus
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-P-2005-215-2
What it shows
Sources
- Rijksmuseum: the museum's own open data · fetched 3 days ago
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
Meanwhile, in the life of Lucas Cranach
The whole life1501–1504 · Workplace
Vienna
1502–1504
First Contacts with Humanists in Vienna
During his stay in Vienna, Cranach made his first contacts with the leading humanists of his age and began signing his paintings "Lucas aus Kronach."
1504
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Cranach's oldest surviving painting, dated 1504; the pine forest in the background betrays his familiarity with the mountain landscapes of Thuringia.
24 June 1504
First Record as Court Painter
Cranach's name first appears in the Wittenberg accounts: he received 50 guilders as a half-year's salary as pictor ducalis — painter to Elector Frederick the Wise.
1505 · Workplace
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
1505–1547
Post: court painter
