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Lucas Cranach the Elder

1472 - 1553

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Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax deːɐ̯ ˈʔɛltəʁə]; 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, and eleven portraits of that reformer by him survive. Cranach also painted religious subjects, first in the Catholic tradition, and later trying to find new ways of conveying Lutheran religious concerns in art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucas Cranach the Elder is the 67th most popular painter (up from 69th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from Germany (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Painter.

Lucas Cranach the Elder is most famous for his painting of Adam and Eve, which is also known as "The Garden of Eden".

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 67 out of 2,023. Before him are Diego Rivera, Kazimir Malevich, Jean-François Millet, Piero della Francesca, J. M. W. Turner, and Andrea Mantegna. After him are Théodore Géricault, Francisco de Zurbarán, Ilya Repin, Frans Hals, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and Henri Rousseau.

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Among people born in 1472, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 1. After him are Piero the Unfortunate, Fra Bartolomeo, Bianca Maria Sforza, Wang Yangming, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Simon of Trent, Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Érard de la Marck, Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen, Blanche of Montferrat, and Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk. Among people deceased in 1553, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 4. Before him are Edward VI of England, François Rabelais, and Şehzade Mustafa. After him are Michael Servetus, Şehzade Cihangir, Pedro de Valdivia, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Girolamo Fracastoro, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and Lucrezia de' Medici.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 144 out of 7,253. Before him are Erik Erikson (1902), Henry the Fowler (876), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Adolf Windaus (1876), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), and Ernst Chain (1906). After him are Walter Benjamin (1892), Augustus II the Strong (1670), Eduard Buchner (1860), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), and Friedrich Fröbel (1782).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 4. Before him are Albrecht Dürer (1471), Peter Paul Rubens (1577), and Caspar David Friedrich (1774). After him are Max Ernst (1891), Hans Memling (1435), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Franz Marc (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Emil Nolde (1867), and Otto Dix (1891).

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