1472 - 1553
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax dɛɐ̯ 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucas Cranach the Elder has received more than 629,331 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Lucas Cranach the Elder is the 67th most popular painter (down from 64th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Germany (down from 111th 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, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 67 out of 1,428. Before him are Diego Rivera, Théodore Géricault, Georges Seurat, Giovanni Bellini, Jean-Antoine Watteau, and Frans Hals. After him are Honoré Daumier, Piero della Francesca, Gustave Doré, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Henri Rousseau, and Alfred Sisley.
1886 - 1957
HPI: 80.68
Rank: 61
1791 - 1824
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 62
1859 - 1891
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 63
1430 - 1516
HPI: 80.59
Rank: 64
1684 - 1721
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 65
1582 - 1666
HPI: 80.45
Rank: 66
1472 - 1553
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 67
1808 - 1879
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 68
1415 - 1492
HPI: 80.08
Rank: 69
1832 - 1883
HPI: 80.05
Rank: 70
1448 - 1494
HPI: 80.01
Rank: 71
1844 - 1910
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 72
1839 - 1899
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 73
Among people born in 1472, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 1. After him are Fra Bartolomeo, Bianca Maria Sforza, Piero the Unfortunate, Wang Yangming, Simon of Trent, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, and Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme. Among people deceased in 1553, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 4. Before him are François Rabelais, Edward VI of England, 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 Erasmus Reinhold.
1472 - 1553
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 1
1472 - 1517
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 2
1472 - 1510
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 3
1472 - 1503
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 4
1472 - 1529
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 5
1472 - 1475
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 6
1472 - 1508
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 7
1472 - 1547
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 8
1494 - 1553
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 1
1537 - 1553
HPI: 83.09
Rank: 2
1515 - 1553
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 3
1472 - 1553
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 4
1509 - 1553
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 5
1531 - 1553
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 6
1497 - 1553
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 7
1486 - 1553
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 8
1521 - 1553
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 9
1476 - 1553
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 10
1504 - 1553
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 11
1511 - 1553
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 120 out of 5,289. Before him are Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Georg Philipp Telemann (1681), Arminius (-17), Novalis (1772), Willy Brandt (1913), and Ernst Röhm (1887). After him are Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Henry the Fowler (876), Bruce Willis (1955), Alfred Jodl (1890), Charles the Fat (839), and Frederick III, German Emperor (1831).
1782 - 1852
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 114
1681 - 1767
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 115
17 BC - 21
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 116
1772 - 1801
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 117
1913 - 1992
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 118
1887 - 1934
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 119
1472 - 1553
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 120
1790 - 1865
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 121
876 - 936
HPI: 80.14
Rank: 122
1955 - Present
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 123
1890 - 1946
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 124
839 - 888
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 125
1831 - 1888
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 126
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), Gerhard Richter (1932), Emil Nolde (1867), and Albrecht Altdorfer (1480).
1471 - 1528
HPI: 89.78
Rank: 1
1577 - 1640
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 2
1774 - 1840
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 3
1472 - 1553
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 4
1891 - 1976
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 5
1480 - 1528
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 6
1880 - 1938
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 7
1435 - 1494
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 8
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 10
1867 - 1956
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 11
1480 - 1538
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 12