Lucas Cranach the YoungerGerman, 1515–1586Allegorie der Tugend
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Where is “Allegorie der Tugend” now? Collection: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. Unknown.
Vienna, Austria
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in German
Beschriftung: Signatur: Bez. auf der Inschrifttafel rechts unten mit der Schlange mit liegenden Flügeln
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Details
In the catalog
Sources
- Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Image: Kunsthistorisches Museum — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
In the life of Lucas Cranach the Younger
The whole life1549 · Career
the Wittenberg city council
He sits on the Wittenberg council in 1549 and again in 1552. Like his father, he holds an important place in the public life of the city; besides the workshop, he is a successful businessman and politician.
1550
Takes on full responsibility for the workshop
In 1550 Lucas Cranach the Elder leaves Wittenberg to join his patron, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, in exile. The Younger takes on full responsibility for the flourishing family workshop and successfully maintains its high output and quality of work, including images of Reformers such as Luther himself; he was never a court painter, but worked for princes and nobles.
1550
His first wife, Barbara Brück, dies
The artist's first wife, Barbara Brück, the mother of four of his children, dies. A year later he marries Magdalena Schurff.
