Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers and their works : a handbook (1901)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston : Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 289
230 CRANACH. almost builesques upon good renderings of such subjects. He wassuccessful in the representation of childhood, as is shown in hisvarious pictures of Christ blessing little children. Purely realisticsubjects, such as hunting pieces, he treated well. His execution was … GROUP FROM A PAINTING BY LUCAS CRANACH. t<o rapid that he was called celerrhnus pictor.^ He was in the ser-vice of Frederick tlic Wise, and was retained by his two successors,John the C-onstant, and John Frederick the Generous. When thelatter was a [)risoner for five years, Cranaeh remained with…
Artists
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
