Picasso, Pablo
Portrait de Jeune Fille, D'apres Cranach le Jeune. II
Linocut on paper
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Lucas Cranach the Younger is a painter and engraver of the Renaissance art German, born in Wittenberg on 4 October 1515 and died in Weimar in 1586 .
Son of Lucas Cranach the Elder , it supports the activity of his father and the family workshop from 1525. His style is so close to that of the latter it is difficult to distinguish clearly between the two works from each other, especially from the 1530s and the
death of his brother Hans in 1537.
In 1540, he married Barbara Bruck, daughter of Gregor von Brück, (Chancellor of the Elector of Saxony, Frederick the Wise), then widowed, remarried Schurff Magdalene, niece of Philip Melanchthon (a famous humanist). In 1550, the captivity of his father, he became head of the workshop, and the latter's death in 1553, became its owner.
From 1549 to 1568 he served on City Council Wittenberg, successively holding the posts of chancellor and then mayor. Orders for the princes of Saxony, ensuring their prosperity, until his death in 1586.
Son of Lucas Cranach the Elder , it supports the activity of his father and the family workshop from 1525. His style is so close to that of the latter it is difficult to distinguish clearly between the two works from each other, especially from the 1530s and the
death of his brother Hans in 1537.In 1540, he married Barbara Bruck, daughter of Gregor von Brück, (Chancellor of the Elector of Saxony, Frederick the Wise), then widowed, remarried Schurff Magdalene, niece of Philip Melanchthon (a famous humanist). In 1550, the captivity of his father, he became head of the workshop, and the latter's death in 1553, became its owner.
From 1549 to 1568 he served on City Council Wittenberg, successively holding the posts of chancellor and then mayor. Orders for the princes of Saxony, ensuring their prosperity, until his death in 1586.
Right image: Cranach the Younger's Portrait of a Woman
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