Lucas Cranach: His Life, His World and His Art

2005

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Bamberg: Babenber Verlag

Katharina von Bora married Martin Luther in 1525, after escaping from a convent two years before. Many of Luther’s friends and colleagues were against the marriage; Philip Melanchthon disapproved and did not attend the wedding. From all accounts, their marriage was a success and their household, along with their six children and many hangers-on, a happy one. This portrait of Kate, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, was completed in 1526.