Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1520 - The Crucifixion - fine art print

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The over 500 year old masterpiece was painted by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1520. Besides, the artwork is in the the art collection of Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), which is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. With courtesy of: National Gallery of Denmark (licensed - public domain).The creditline of the artwork is the following: . Besides, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a ratio of 2 : 3, which means that the length is 33% shorter than the width. Lucas Cranach the Elder was a male painter from Germany, whose style can primarily be classified as Northern Renaissance. The German painter was born in the year 1472 in Kronach, Bavaria, Germany and passed away at the age of 81 in 1553 in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany.

(© - by Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) - Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark))

Oil on panel w46.5 x h67 cm (Without frame)

Cranach produced countless representations of the Crucifixion, both before and after the Reformation.

One of the most famous is that from 1503 in Munich (Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen); it is a clearly pre-Reformation work on account of the almost physical obtrusiveness towards the viewer.

Invites the viewer to participate Cranach’s late Crucifixions, and late works in general, are on the other hand tied to the surface of the picture and make no attempt to reproduce a convincing effect of reality. This Crucifixion is moving in the direction of this flat effect - it is, among other things this that produces the "stiffness" and the emblematic quality in the representation of figures - but it is still a spatial image that formally invites the viewer to participate in the scene.

The historical portrayal In addition, The Crucifixion is a good example of a motif that could be incorporated without problem into the Reformation repertoire. Luther greatly preferred the historical portrayal of the Crucifixion rather than the iconic in which the Crucifixion is isolated outside time and place.

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• Acrylic glass print: The print on acrylic glass, which is often referred to as a print on plexiglass, transforms the original work of art into gorgeous décor. The artwork is custom-made with modern UV direct printing machines. This has the effect of rich and deep colors. With an acrylic glass fine art print sharp contrasts and also image details will be exposed because of the subtle tonal gradation.
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