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After Luther's objections to large public religious images had started to fade, [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]], along with his son and workshop began to work on a number of [[altarpiece]]s of the [[Last Supper]], among other subjects. |
After Luther's objections to large public religious images had started to fade, [[Lucas Cranach the Elder]], along with his son and workshop began to work on a number of [[altarpiece]]s of the [[Last Supper]], among other subjects. |
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In some such depictions Christ is shown with the traditional halo, but the apostles are represented as leading reformers, without halos. The altarpiece of the main church in [[Martin Luther]]'s home of [[Wittenberg]] has a traditional representation of the ''Last Supper'' in the main panel, except that the apostle having a drink poured is a portrait of Luther, and the server may be one of Cranach. By the time the painting was installed in 1547, Luther was dead. Other panels show the Protestant theologians [[Philipp Melanchthon]] and [[Johannes Bugenhagen]], pastor of the church, though not in biblical scenes. Other figures in the panels are probably portraits of figures from the town, now unidentifiable.<ref>Noble, Bonny, ''Lucas Cranach the Elder: art and devotion of the German Reformation'', University Press of America, 2009, {{ISBN|0-7618-4338-8}}, pages 97-104</ref><ref name=Schiller41>[[Gertrud Schiller|Schiller, Gertrud]], ''Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. II'', 1972 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, {{ISBN|0-85331-324-5}}, 41</ref> Another work, the ''Altarpiece of the Reformers'' in [[Dessau]], by [[Lucas Cranach the Younger]] (1565) shows all the apostles except Judas as Protestant churchmen or nobility, and it is now the younger Cranach shown as the cupbearer. However such works are rare, and Protestant paintings soon reverted to more traditional depictions.<ref name=Schiller41 /> |
In some such depictions Christ is shown with the traditional halo, but the apostles are represented as leading reformers, without halos. The altarpiece of the main church in [[Martin Luther]]'s home of [[Wittenberg]] has a traditional representation of the ''Last Supper'' in the main panel, except that the apostle having a drink poured is a portrait of Luther, and the server may be one of Cranach. By the time the painting was installed in 1547, Luther was dead. Other panels show the Protestant theologians [[Philipp Melanchthon]] and [[Johannes Bugenhagen]], pastor of the church, though not in biblical scenes. Other figures in the panels are probably portraits of figures from the town, now unidentifiable.<ref>Noble, Bonny, ''Lucas Cranach the Elder: art and devotion of the German Reformation'', University Press of America, 2009, {{ISBN|0-7618-4338-8}}, pages 97-104</ref><ref name=Schiller41>[[Gertrud Schiller|Schiller, Gertrud]], ''Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. II'', 1972 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, {{ISBN|0-85331-324-5}}, 41</ref> Another work, the ''Altarpiece of the Reformers'' in [[Dessau]], by [[Lucas Cranach the Younger]] (1565) shows all the apostles except Judas as Protestant churchmen or nobility, and it is now the younger Cranach shown as the cupbearer. However such works are rare, and Protestant paintings soon reverted to more traditional depictions.<ref name=Schiller41 /> |
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Revision as of 18:20, 25 May 2024
| Last Supper | |
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 Leading Reformers portrayed as the Apostles, and the Elector of Saxony kneeling. | |
| Artist | Lucas Cranach the Younger |
| Year | 1565 |
After Luther's objections to large public religious images had started to fade, Lucas Cranach the Elder, along with his son and workshop began to work on a number of altarpieces of the Last Supper, among other subjects.
In some such depictions Christ is shown with the traditional halo, but the apostles are represented as leading reformers, without halos. The altarpiece of the main church in Martin Luther's home of Wittenberg has a traditional representation of the Last Supper in the main panel, except that the apostle having a drink poured is a portrait of Luther, and the server may be one of Cranach. By the time the painting was installed in 1547, Luther was dead. Other panels show the Protestant theologians Philipp Melanchthon and Johannes Bugenhagen, pastor of the church, though not in biblical scenes. Other figures in the panels are probably portraits of figures from the town, now unidentifiable.[1][2] Another work, the Altarpiece of the Reformers in Dessau, by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1565) shows all the apostles except Judas as Protestant churchmen or nobility, and it is now the younger Cranach shown as the cupbearer. However such works are rare, and Protestant paintings soon reverted to more traditional depictions.[2]
References
- ^ Noble, Bonny, Lucas Cranach the Elder: art and devotion of the German Reformation, University Press of America, 2009, ISBN 0-7618-4338-8, pages 97-104
- ^ a b Schiller, Gertrud, Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. II, 1972 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, ISBN 0-85331-324-5, 41
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