Cranach at Wawel

The centerpiece of the exhibition Cranach at Wawel is one of the most precious works in Poland: Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Madonna Under the Firs from the Wrocław Archdiocese Museum. It is accompanied by another important picture also associated with the artist and his workshop, Virgin and Child with Dancing Angels, which was recently discovered at the Monastery of the Friars Minor Conventual (Conventual Franciscans) in Krakow. Three paintings from the Wawel Royal Castle collection round out the exhibition: Christ Blessing the Children and George the Bearded (deposit of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Krakow) by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Portrait of a Young Man by Lucas Cranach the Younger. The works on view are representative of the principal tendencies and stylistic changes in the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder. A film about the celebrated painter and the story of the conservation of the works on view complements this intimate exhibition.