id:			161272
accession number:	1999.47
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.47
updated:		2022-10-29 16:34:41.900000

Saint George Slaying the Dragon, c. 1510–1515. Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553). Woodcut; sheet: 16.3 x 12.7 cm (6 7/16 x 5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1999.47

title:				Saint George Slaying the Dragon
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creation date:			c. 1510–1515
creation date earliest:		1510
creation date latest:		1515
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creditline:			Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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culture:	Germany, 16th century
technique:	woodcut
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Woodcut
type:		Print
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catalogue raisonne: Hollstein 82

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CREATORS

* Lucas Cranach (German, 1472–1553)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 16.3 x 12.7 cm (6 7/16 x 5 in.)
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	description:	laid paper
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints
	opening date:   2000-09-17T00:00:00
	<i>From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg:  Recently Acquired Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).

	title:		Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection
	opening date:   2003-08-17T00:00:00
	<i>Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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In 1505, Cranach became court painter to Friedrich the Wise, Elector of Saxony, who encouraged the production of prints because they promoted the artistic and intellectual vitality of his court and the magnificence of its patronage. The Holy Roman emperor Maximilian did the same, making aristocratic sponsorship of printmaking a critical factor in the rising status of the woodcut. Cranach-together with Albrecht Dürer in Nuremberg and Hans Burgkmair in Augsburg (both on view nearby)-elevated the Northern woodcut to the highest level of artistic expression in the first decade of the 16th century. Friedrich's coat of arms (crossed swords) and the arms of Saxony appear prominently on most of Cranach's prints, suggesting that the artist worked under a kind of retainer-though the arms may also have operated somewhat like a privilege, an exclusive authorization to publish prints under Friedrich's legal protection.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Contemporary German Painting Acquired by CMA,” June 9, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4262

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