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Schade, Werner.

Cranach : a family of master painters / Werner Schade ; translated by Helen Sebba.

First American edition.

New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1980.

German Democratic Republic : Druckerei Fortschritt Erfurt

476 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

"Evaluates the life, work, and influence of Lucas Cranach (1472-1553), and analyzes the output of the workshop founded by him and carried on until the end of the sixteenth century by his sons, Hans and Lucas the Younger, and his grandson, Augustin." / Jacket

Cranach family.

Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553.

Cranach, Lucas, 1515-1586.

Cranach, Hans, -1537.

Dürer, Albrecht, 1471-1528.

Art, German -- 15th century.

Art, German -- 16th century.

Painters -- Biography.

Cranach, Lucas, 1472-1553.

Cranach, Lucas, 1515-1586.

Cranach, Hans, -1537.

Sebba, Helen, translator.

Malerfamilie Cranach. English

Translation of Die Malerfamilie Cranach.

"Originally published in German, 1974, as Die Malerfamilie Cranach by VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, German Democratic Republic." -- title page verso

Includes reproductions of works chiefly by Lucas Cranach, Lucas Cranach the Younger, and Hans Cranach.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-400) and index.

Introduction -- Family background and youth -- Cranach and Dürer -- The early years at the Court of Saxony -- Domestic and business affairs -- The workshop -- Cranach's drawings -- Cranach, the portrait painter -- Cranach's self-portraits -- Landscape -- Commissioned pictures -- Humanist themes -- Protestant commissions -- Cranach's sons -- The late style of Cranach the Elder -- The monumental works of Cranach the Younger -- The late compositions -- The portraits of Cranach the Younger -- The last years: the economic situation -- Postscript -- Plates -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of Cranach sources -- Cranach family tree -- List of illustrations -- Index of names and places

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