Anyone with any eye for art or soul that loves Christ will find richness in this painting of Christ and Cranach's explanation of its detail.
Be sure to click through for the beauty of the Gospel shown in this painting's vivid detail.Today we commemorate Lucas Cranach and Albrecht Dürer, artists. In honor of this day and their memory, here is a presentation, and explanation of, what I regard to be the finest example of the uniquely Lutheran art that resulted from the great Gospel rediscovery in the Sixteenth Century, and appropriately, what a magnificent painting to meditate on and ponder as we move into Holy Week. Enjoy, and God bless!
Lucas Cranach the Younger finished the painting in 1555, and even after 450 years, there is a powerful luminous warmth to it that draws you in, causing you to ponder and meditate on the image it presents. The painting still stands where it was originally placed, over the altar of the St. Peter and Paul Church in Weimar, Germany. The placement of this painting over the altar is purposeful, for the Lutheran Reformation, far from casting aside the Lord’s Supper as central to the worship of the Church, restored it to its proper place as the gift from Christ that it is. Communicants coming forward to receive the Supper, would have this painting before them, so large there was no chance of missing its every detail, details which proclaim and declare the peace, comfort, joy and power of the good news of Jesus Christ, and the love of God in Christ for all humanity.
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