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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucas Cranach the Elder has received more than 1,102,058 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Lucas Cranach the Elder is the 69th most popular painter, the 123rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 134th 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 69 out of 2,023. Before him are Alphonse Mucha, Giovanni Bellini, Francis Bacon, Frans Hals, Georges Seurat, and Henri Rousseau. After him are Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Piero della Francesca, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Ilya Repin, and Francisco de Zurbarán.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 123 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845), Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Novalis (1772), Wim Wenders (1945), and Augustus II the Strong (1670). After him are Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Michael Schumacher (1969), Lothair I (795), Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Heinrich Böll (1917), and Michel Ney (1769).

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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), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Hans Memling (1435), Franz Marc (1880), Hans von Aachen (1552), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), and Emil Nolde (1867).

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