
James the Greater from Christ, the Apostles, and Saint Paul
Lucas Cranach the Elder, After

Renaissance Painter · Active 1563 – 1563
Across 6 works held in Paintale's collection, Lucas Cranach the Elder, After returns again and again to portrait — a range that gives a sense of what the Renaissance period asked of its painters.
Where to see the work: Cleveland Museum of Art.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, After

Lucas Cranach the Elder, After

Lucas Cranach the Elder, After

Lucas Cranach the Elder, After

Lucas Cranach the Elder, After

Lucas Cranach the Elder, After
Lucas Cranach the Elder, After's surviving output sits squarely within the Renaissance period, and the paintings collected here return repeatedly to portrait. Read together, they trace how one artist worked through the same problems of figure, light, and narrative weight that defined the period.
Today, paintings by Lucas Cranach the Elder, After are held in major institutions including Cleveland 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.
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