1472 - 1553
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucas Cranach the Elder has received more than 903,839 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucas Cranach the Elder is the 69th most popular painter (down from 67th in 2019), the 134th most popular biography from Germany (down from 120th 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 69 out of 1,421. Before him are Giovanni Bellini, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Théodore Géricault, Alfred Sisley, Piero della Francesca, and Henri Rousseau. After him are Rogier van der Weyden, Alphonse Mucha, Gustave Doré, Frans Hals, Pietro Perugino, and Andrea Mantegna.
1430 - 1516
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 63
1448 - 1494
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 64
1791 - 1824
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 65
1839 - 1899
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 66
1415 - 1492
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 67
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 68
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 69
1390 - 1464
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 70
1860 - 1939
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 71
1832 - 1883
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 72
1582 - 1666
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 73
1446 - 1523
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 74
1431 - 1506
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 75
Among people born in 1472, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 1. After him are Bianca Maria Sforza, Piero the Unfortunate, Fra Bartolomeo, Wang Yangming, Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Simon of Trent, Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Érard de la Marck, and Blanche of Montferrat. Among people deceased in 1553, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 4. Before him are Şehzade Mustafa, Edward VI of England, and François Rabelais. After him are Şehzade Cihangir, Michael Servetus, Pedro de Valdivia, Charles III, Duke of Savoy, Girolamo Fracastoro, Maurice, Elector of Saxony, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and Sinan Pasha.
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 1
1472 - 1510
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 2
1472 - 1503
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 3
1472 - 1517
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 4
1472 - 1529
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 5
1472 - 1508
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 6
1472 - 1475
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 7
1472 - 1547
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 8
1472 - 1538
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 9
1472 - 1519
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 10
1515 - 1553
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 1
1537 - 1553
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 2
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 3
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 4
1531 - 1553
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 5
1509 - 1553
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 6
1497 - 1553
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 7
1486 - 1553
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 8
1476 - 1553
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 9
1521 - 1553
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 10
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 11
1500 - 1553
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 134 out of 6,142. Before him are Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Leopold I of Belgium (1790), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), Novalis (1772), Bruce Willis (1955), and Agrippina the Younger (15). After him are Leni Riefenstahl (1902), Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742), Friedrich Fröbel (1782), Ambrose (340), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), and Anne of Cleves (1515).
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 128
1790 - 1865
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 129
1767 - 1835
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 130
1772 - 1801
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 131
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 132
15 - 59
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 133
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 134
1902 - 2003
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 135
1742 - 1786
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 136
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 137
340 - 397
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 138
1688 - 1740
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 139
1515 - 1557
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 140
Among painters born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Elder ranks 4. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens (1577), Albrecht Dürer (1471), and Caspar David Friedrich (1774). After him are Max Ernst (1891), Matthias Grünewald (1480), Hans Memling (1435), Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Franz Marc (1880), Otto Dix (1891), and Gerhard Richter (1932).
1577 - 1640
HPI: 85.12
Rank: 1
1471 - 1528
HPI: 85.05
Rank: 2
1774 - 1840
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 3
1472 - 1553
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 4
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 5
1480 - 1528
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 6
1435 - 1494
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 7
1880 - 1938
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 8
1480 - 1538
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 9
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 10
1891 - 1969
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 12