🖼️ Portraits
Portrait of an Aristocratic Saxon Lady
Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1534
Why it's great
A woman in a large, feathered hat and a rich dress looks out at us calmly. Lucas Cranach the Elder painted it in about 1534.
Where to see it
📍 Museum of Fine Arts of LyonLyon, France
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⬇ Hi-res download
8,259 × 11,801 px · 97.5 megapixels · prints up to about 28 × 39 inches at 300 dpi
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File page & license ↗
Three places to look for a print of this painting, from budget to museum-grade:
💵 Budget
Etsy ↗
Posters and simple prints from small sellers, usually the lowest prices.
🖼️ Mid-range
Fine Art America ↗
Good printing on paper, canvas or metal, made to order, with framing options.
🏛️ High-end
Meisterdrucke ↗
Museum-grade giclée prints on archival paper or canvas, the closest to the real thing.
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Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German painter born in Kronach in 1472. He became court painter to the rulers of Saxony in Wittenberg, was a close friend of Martin Luther, and ran a busy workshop that made portraits, religious scenes and the first Protestant images. He died in Weimar in 1553.
