Lucas Cranach the Elder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lucas Cranach the Elder

German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1472

Place of Birth: Kronach, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 16-Oct-1553

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere German pronunciation: ['lu?kas 'k?a?nax d??? '??lt???], c.
1472 – 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. Cranach had a large workshop and many of his works exist in different versions; his son Lucas Cranach the Younger and others continued to create versions of his father's works for decades after his death.
He has been considered the most successful German artist of his time.He is commemorated in the liturgical calendars of the Episcopal and Lutheran churches.



Description	- painter, engraver and politician
Date of birth/death	4 October 1515	25 January 1586
Location of birth/death	Lutherstadt Wittenberg	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Work period	Renaissance
Work location	Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority control	: Q170339 VIAF: 24706489 ISNI: 0000 0001 2277 5534 ULAN: 500017755 LCCN: n80131754 WGA: CRANACH, Lucas the Younger WorldCat