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Christoph von Scheurl
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Lucas Cranach the Elder rendered this portrait of Christoph von Scheurl, a German humanist and lawyer. The composition captures the sitter's intellectual bearing with the precise detail characteristic of German Renaissance portraiture.
Cranach was court painter to the Saxon electors and friend of Martin Luther. His portraits document the leading figures of the Reformation era. The work is at the Cranach-Höfe in Wittenberg.
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About Christoph von Scheurl
You can see it at Cranach-Höfe, Wittenberg in Wittenberg, Germany. Lucas Cranach the Elder created it. Cranach was court painter to the Saxon electors and friend of Martin Luther.
Christoph von Scheurl was a German humanist lawyer and friend of both Cranach and Martin Luther You can see it at Cranach-Höfe, Wittenberg.
Cranach was court painter to the Electors of Saxony and painted portraits of reformers, nobility, and scholars. His direct, unflattering likenesses preserve the faces of the German Reformation.
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