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Lucas Cranach the Younger

1515 - 1586

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Lucas Cranach the Younger (‹See Tfd›German: Lucas Cranach der Jüngere [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax deːɐ̯ ˈjʏŋəʁə]; October 4, 1515 – January 25, 1586) was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucas Cranach the Younger has received more than 182,163 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Lucas Cranach the Younger is the 193rd most popular painter (down from 185th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Germany (down from 486th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Painter.

Lucas Cranach the Younger is most famous for his portraits of Martin Luther and his family, as well as his paintings of the Old Testament.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Lucas Cranach the Younger ranks 193 out of 2,023. Before him are Maurice de Vlaminck, Domenichino, Hans Baldung, Sonia Delaunay, Helene Schjerfbeck, and Giulio Romano. After him are Utamaro, Pieter de Hooch, Pietro da Cortona, Henry Fuseli, Zdzisław Beksiński, and Pisanello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Lucas Cranach the Younger ranks 5. Before him are Şehzade Mustafa, Teresa of Ávila, Anne of Cleves, and Philip Neri. After him are Injong of Joseon, Mary of Guise, Pierre Lescot, Piali Pasha, Petrus Ramus, Sebastian Castellio, and Cipriano de Rore. Among people deceased in 1586, Lucas Cranach the Younger ranks 3. Before him are Stephen Báthory, and Margaret of Parma. After him are Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Birbal, Ignazio Danti, and Philip Sidney.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Younger ranks 499 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Eysenck (1916), Samuel von Pufendorf (1632), Pope Victor II (1018), Fritz Todt (1891), Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1879), and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075). After him are Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria (1847), Karl Schwarzschild (1873), and Hans Adolf Krebs (1900).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Lucas Cranach the Younger ranks 16. Before him are Hans von Aachen (1552), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Emil Nolde (1867), Otto Dix (1891), Anselm Kiefer (1945), and Hans Baldung (1484). After him are Gerhard Richter (1932), George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Max Liebermann (1847), and Gabriele Münter (1877).

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