Lucas Cranach the Elder
(1472-1553)
German painter and printmaker
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Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere c. – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation, whose cause he embraced with enthusiasm. He was a close friend of Martin Luther. Cranach also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran religious concerns in art. He continued throughout his career to paint nude subjects drawn from mythology and religion.
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4 October 1472 Kronach, Germany
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16 October 1553 (aged 81) Weimar, Germany
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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