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Lucas Cranach the Elder: Altarpiece of the Virgin, or so-called Princes'  wikidata:Q121826230 reasonator:Q121826230
Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder  (1472–1553)  wikidata:Q191748
 
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Alternative names
Lucas Cranach
Description -German painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter
Date of birth/death 4 October 1472 Edit this at Wikidata 16 October 1553 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kronach Weimar
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Lutherstadt Wittenberg
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creator QS:P170,Q191748
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German:
Marienaltarretabel, sogenannter Fürstenaltar Edit this at Wikidata

Altarpiece of the Virgin, or so-called Princes'
title QS:P1476,de:"Marienaltarretabel, sogenannter Fürstenaltar Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Marienaltarretabel, sogenannter Fürstenaltar Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Altarpiece of the Virgin, or so-called Princes'"
Object type painting / triptych Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
Deutsch: Die im Zentrum dargestellte Gottesmutter Maria wird von der Heiligen Katharina und der Heiligen Barbara flankiert. Der Blick Jesu richtet sich auf Kurfürst Friedrich den Weise von Sachsen, den Stifter des Altars. Auf dem rechten Flügel ist sein Bruder, Johann der Beständigen, dargestellt. Hinter beiden stehen ihre Schutzpatrone, der Heilige Bartholomäus bei Friedrich und der Heilige Jakobus bei Johann.
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Date circa  Edit this at Wikidata
institution QS:P195,Q76638284
Accession number
7
Object history origin unknown, possibly originally intended for the Lady Chapel in the church of Wittenberg Castle
old ducal Inv. No. 1557, Joachim-Ernst-Stiftung
1879 recorded in the 'Gotisches Haus' in Wörlitz (war cabinet)
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Source/Photographer Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie Dessau/Fotograf Sebastian Kaps Taken on 16 April 2010
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