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Summary

Lucas Cranach the Elder: Reformation altarpiece

Artist



Alternative names	Lucas Cranach
Description	-German painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter
Date of birth/death	4 October 1472	16 October 1553
Location of birth/death	Kronach	Weimar
Work location	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority file	: Q191748 VIAF: 49268177 ISNI: 0000000121319721 ULAN: 500115364 LCCN: n50020861 NLA: 35031951 WorldCat

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Description	painter, printmaker and politician
Date of birth/death	4 October 1515 / 1515	25 January 1586 / 1584
Location of birth/death	Lutherstadt Wittenberg	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Work period	Renaissance
Work location	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority file	: Q170339 VIAF: 24706489 ISNI: 0000000122775534 ULAN: 500017755 LCCN: n80131754 WGA: c/cranach/lucas_y WorldCat

Title

Baptism (Philipp Melanchthon performs a baptism / Philipp Melanchthon administers the sacrament of Baptism)

Part of

Stadtkirche Wittenberg

Object type

polyptych / altarpiece

Genre

religious art

Description

Deutsch: Das von Lucas Cranach dem Älteren und seinem Sohn, Lucas Cranach dem Jüngeren vollendete Altarbild wurde in St. Marien aufgestellt.

Reformation altarpiece, Stadt- und Pfarrkirche St. Marien zu Wittenberg, left wing

Depicted people

Date

between 1547 and 1548

Medium

on hardwood

Dimensions

height: 254.7 cm (100.2 in); width: 107 cm (42.1 in)

Collection

Stadtkirche Wittenberg

	Native name	Stadtkirche Wittenberg
	Parent institution	Churches in parish area Wittenberg (Stadtkirchengemeinde)
	Location	Lutherstadt Wittenberg , Germany
	Coordinates	51° 51′ 59.4″ N, 12° 38′ 41.28″ E
	Established	1281
	Website	www.stadtkirchengemeinde-wittenberg.de
	Authority file	: Q458821 VIAF: 234402840 LCCN: nr99030167 UNESCO: 783-005 GND: 4456857-5 J9U: 987009908929805171 WorldCat

Inscriptions

Einen andern Grund kann niemand legen außer dem, der gelegt ist, welcher ist JESUS CHRISTUS

References

Cranach Digital Archiv
Denkwege zu Luther

Source/Photographer

1. Unknown source
2. Bridgeman Art Library: Object 263523

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:39, 23 March 2016		642 × 1,473 (368 KB)	Trzęsacz	https://www.bridgemanimages.com/de/asset/263523
	16:58, 4 February 2006		499 × 1,200 (95 KB)	Torsten Schleese	{{PD-old}} Category:Lucas Cranch d. Ä. Category:Philipp Melanchthon

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Label	XPH263523 Triptych, left panel, Philipp Melanchthon performs a baptism assisted by Martin Luther; centre panel, the Last Supper with Luther amongst the Apostles; right panel, Luther makes his confession; Luther's sermon below, 1547 (detail of 51406) by Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553); Church of St.Marien, Wittenberg, Germany; (add.info.: Luther, Martin (1483-1546): religious and biblical scenes: predella;); German, out of copyright
Short title	XPH263523
Credit/Provider	www.bridgemanart.com
Source	www.bridgemanart.com
Copyright holder	Copyright: www.bridgemanart.com
Image title	XPH263523 Triptych, left panel, Philipp Melanchthon performs a baptism assisted by Martin Luther; centre panel, the Last Supper with Luther amongst the Apostles; right panel, Luther makes his confession; Luther's sermon below, 1547 (detail of 51406) by Cranach, Lucas, the Elder (1472-1553); Church of St.Marien, Wittenberg, Germany; (add.info.: Luther, Martin (1483-1546): religious and biblical scenes: predella;); German, out of copyright
Headline	Triptych, left panel, Philipp Melanchthon performs a baptism assisted by Martin Luther; centre panel, the Last Supper with Luther amongst the Apostles; right panel, Luther makes his confession; Luther's sermon below, 1547 (detail of 51406)
Keywords	disciples;crucifixion;altarpiece;Christ;Chi-Rho;La Cene;saint;John

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