Restored Cranach Altar Unveiled After 50 Year Wait

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By Henri Neuendorf

Cranach Altar (1555) pictured during a service at the Weimarer Stadtkirche in Weimar, Germany. Photo: Maik Schuck via weimar.de

GERMANY---The famous Cranach Altar (1555) located the Weimarer Stadtkirche, Germany has been restored to its former glory. The masterpiece of German Reformation-era art will be unveiled on Reformation Day, October 31st, in a televised church service, Die Welt reports. The primary subject of the altar depicts Lucas Cranach the elder with Martin Luther (1483-1546), emphasizing the protestant political affiliations of the region's ruling princes at the time and the members of the congregation. On Friday, Bishop Ilse Junkermann is due to inaugurate the Cranach Altar on behalf of the central German Church of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt. [link]