File:Cranach - Reformationsaltar.jpg

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Reformation altarpiece  wikidata:Q30302632 reasonator:Q30302632
Artist
Lucas Cranach the Younger and workshop  (1515–)  wikidata:Q170339
 
Lucas Cranach the Younger and workshop
Description painter, printmaker and politician
Date of birth/death 4 October 1515 / 1515 Edit this at Wikidata 25 January 1586 / 1584 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lutherstadt Wittenberg Edit this at Wikidata Lutherstadt Wittenberg Edit this at Wikidata
Work period Renaissance
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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 Edit this at Wikidata Weimar Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q191748
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Title
Reformation altarpiece: The Baptism (recto), The Brazen Serpent (verso) [left wing] Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Reformation altarpiece: The Baptism (recto), The Brazen Serpent (verso) [left wing] Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Reformation altarpiece: The Baptism (recto), The Brazen Serpent (verso) [left wing] Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lpt,"Retábulo de Wittenberg"
label QS:Lfr,"Retable de Wittenberg"
label QS:Lde,"Reformationsaltar"
Part of Stadtkirche Wittenberg Edit this at Wikidata
Object type polyptych / altarpiece Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
In the parish church of St. Marien the fair was first celebrated in German. The church is therefore the mother church of the Reformation and is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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Date between 1547 and 1548
date QS:P,+1547-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1547-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1548-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium on hardwood Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 103.5 cm (40.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 233 cm (91.7 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+103.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+233U174728
institution QS:P195,Q458821
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  • Einen andern Grund kann niemand legen außer dem, der gelegt ist, welcher ist JESUS CHRISTUS Edit this at Wikidata
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Deutsch: Der Altar wurde 1547 oder 1548, nach dem Tod Martin Luthers 1546, errichtet, nach der Niederlage der protestantischen Fürsten am 24. April 1547 in der Schlacht bei Mühlberg gegen Karl V. und der Gefangennahme von Kurfürst Johann Friedrich dem Großmütigen.
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current20:39, 21 December 2020Thumbnail for version as of 20:39, 21 December 20204,032 × 3,024 (2.35 MB)Tanzmariechen (talk | contribs)=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Art photo |wikidata = Q30302632 |photographer = Tanzmariechen |description = {{langswitch|de=In der Stadt- Pfarrkirche St. Marien wurde die Messe erstmals in deutscher Sprache gefeiert. Die Kirche ist somit die Mutterkirche der Reformation und gehört zum UNESCO-Welterbe. Der Wittenberger Reformationsaltar ist wohl das bedeutendste Kunstwerk, das die neuen Glaubensinhalte der Reformation nach der von Melanchthon 1530...

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