Figure 63

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Description: Christ cleansing the Temple and The Pope as Antichrist selling Indulgences

TitleChrist cleansing the Temple and The Pope as Antichrist selling Indulgences

Creator nameCranach, Lucas, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1521

Object typePrint

MaterialsWoodcut

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0802-2-1-26

Accession number1851,0802.2.1-26

SubjectsPrints, Renaissance--GermanyPapal States--History--Clement VII, 1523-1534Antichrist in art

Statusfrom Passional Christi und Antichristi

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Chapter 2: The 1520s in Florence and Rome

Marcia B. Hall

After Raphael: Painting in Central Italy in the Sixteenth Century

The high moment in florentine art of the sixteenth century came very early, between 1503 and 1508, when Leonardo (1452–1519), Raphael (1483–1520), and Michelangelo (1475–1564) were there and working on...

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Marcia B. Hall

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.55-94

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Chapter subject tags:Painting, Renaissance--ItalyFlorence--HistoryRaphael, 1483-1520Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519Pontormo, Jacopo da, 1494-1556Sarto, Andrea del, 1486-1530Rosso Fiorentino, 1494-1540Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574Papacy--HistoryPolidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543Perino, del Vaga, 1500 or 1501-1547Parmigianino, 1503-1540Sebastiano, del Piombo, 1485-1547Prints, Renaissance--ItalyRome--History

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