Lucas Cranach, the Elder: painting materials, techniques and workshop practice

I. Cranach's practice of painting in the judgment of history: Sixteenth-century commentators ; seventeenth- to nineteenth-century commentators and biographers ; twentieth-century research and analysis

II. Panel painting: The wooden support ; Frames ; The preparatory layers: ground, isolation and imprimatur ; Practices of underdrawing ; Applications of gold, silver and paper ; Paint, palette and brushes ; Techniques of painting ; Painting on the reverse side, presentation and transport

III. Canvas painting: Documentary evidence and surviving canvases ; Subjects and function ; The linen: origin, formats and qualifies ; Preparation of the linen and painting techniques ; Presentation and evaluation

IV. Painting on other supports: Parchment ; Paper ; Metal ; Mural painting and architectural decoration

V. Workshop organization: Contracts, commissions and marketing ; Studios ; Partnership and workshop members ; Artistic co-operation and exchange in panel painting

VI. Summary: Notes ; Glossary ; Measurement and coinage ; Abbreviations ; Bibliography ; Photographic acknowledgements

Appendices: 1. Investigated paintings ; 2. Selected primary documents on materials, techniques and workshop organization

Index.