Lucas Cranach the YoungerGerman, 1515–1586Dr. Christian Brück
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Not on view at present
Where is “Dr. Christian Brück” now? Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Not on view at present. Checked October 12, 2026.
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1956.282
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
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.
24 May 1551
Marries Magdalena Schurff
He marries Magdalena Schurff, daughter of the Saxon physician Augustin Schurff and niece of the humanist, theologian and church reformer Philipp Melanchthon. Of the five children of this marriage, his son Augustin (1554–1595) will also become a painter, as well as a councillor, city judge and treasurer of Wittenberg.
