Geboorte van Christus, Lucas Cranach, 1521 - 1522
Lucas Cranach, portraitLucas CranachGerman, 1472–1553

Geboorte van Christus

1521 - 1522 · Print

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Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.

Source
The museum

About the work

In the museum's own words — in Dutch

Maria en Jozef knielen in aanbidding bij het Christuslind dat in een kribbe ligt. In de bouwvallige stal staan een os en een ezel. Op de achtergrond brengt een engel de boodschap van de geboorte aan de herders. Boekillustratie in rechthoekige omlijsting met fijne ornamenten. Deze prent is gedrukt met meerdere houtblokken. Bovenaan het blad staat de halve titel van de uitgave: Passional Christi, onderaan staat het woord Christus.

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Particulars

Accession number
RP-P-OB-4458(R)

What it shows

In the catalog

Sources

Meanwhile, in the life of Lucas Cranach

The whole life
  1. 1505–1547

    Post: court painter

  2. 1519–1520

    Treasurer of the Wittenberg Council

    He first held the office of treasurer on the Wittenberg council, a post he subsequently occupied several times until 1535.

  3. 1520

    Daughter born: Anna Pfreundt

  4. 1520

    Becomes Owner of a Pharmacy in Wittenberg

    He acquired a pharmacy in Wittenberg, and a few years later was also registered as a paper merchant and book publisher.

  5. 1522

    Publication of Luther's September Testament

    Together with his business partner, the goldsmith Christian Döring, he was responsible for publishing the September Testament — Luther's translation of the Bible with illustrations by Cranach.

  6. 1524

    Dürer's Portrait of Cranach

    Albrecht Dürer made a drawing — a portrait of Cranach in silverpoint.

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