Wolfgang Krodel - Artist Info

About Wolfgang Krodel

  • Biography

    Wolfgang Krodel was born in 1526.


    Krodel, who was apprenticed to Lucas Cranach the Elder and worked in his studio for several years. He is considered one of Cranach’s best students.


    Krodel's mature works, such as the 1543 Adam and Eve sold Vienna, Dorotheum, 24 April 2007, lot 463, have often been mistaken for those of his master.


    The vast majority of his known works are derived from Cranach. Krodel was widely patronised in Saxony and he eventually set up his own studio there, specifically in Schneeberg im Erzgebirge.

    Wolfgang Krodel passed away in 1561.

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