
Lucas CranachDuitsland, 1472–1553Mag men het zien?
Amsterdam, Nederland
De eigenaar is bekend; of het werk nu te zien is, is onbekend.
De Romeinse soldaat Marcus Curtius stort zich in volle wapenrusting te paard in een kloof die plotseling in de aarde in Rome ontstond. Bij een prieel kijken verschillende Romeinen toe. Het prieel is gedecoreerd met onder andere twee schilden met daarop het keurvorstelijk en hertogelijk wapen van Saksen.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
1501–1504 · Werkzaam in
Vienna
1502–1504
First Contacts with Humanists in Vienna
During his stay in Vienna, Cranach made his first contacts with the leading humanists of his age and began signing his paintings "Lucas aus Kronach."
24 June 1504
First Record as Court Painter
Cranach's name first appears in the Wittenberg accounts: he received 50 guilders as a half-year's salary as pictor ducalis — painter to Elector Frederick the Wise.
1505 · Werkzaam in
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
1508
Diplomatic Mission to Mechelen
He was sent on a diplomatic mission to Mechelen (Netherlands), where he painted portraits of Emperor Maximilian I and the future Emperor Charles V.
6 January 1508
Granted Nobility and a Coat of Arms
Cranach was granted nobility and a personal coat of arms — a winged serpent with a ruby ring in its mouth, which became the signature of his works and workshop.