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The Penitence of Saint John Chrysostom
Lucas Cranach the ElderLinkedCulture matchlcp-a38e74af5bec
- Date
- 1509
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 13612
Court painter to the Duke of Saxony at Wittenberg, Cranach became a prolific designer, apothecary, political and religious counselor, and propagandist for the court. This is Cranach's most important engraving, in a rare, early impression. It depicts the legendary remorse of the great 4th-century Bishop of Constantinople, who succumbed to the attractions of the emperor's daughter and then wandered the wilderness in penitence.
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- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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