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Lucas Cranach the Elder (– 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1472year
Kronachattested“He was born at Kronach in upper Franconia (now central Germany), probably in 1472.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1500year
Viennaattested“There are also suggestions that Cranach spent some time in Vienna around 1500.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1504 to 1520period
Wittenbergattested“From 1504 to 1520, he lived in a house on the south west corner of the marketplace in Wittenberg.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1525year
Callenberg Castleattested“The Dukes became noted collectors of Cranach's work, some of which remains in the family collection at Callenberg Castle.The death in 1525 of the Elector Frederick the Wise and Elector John's in 1532 brought no change in Cranach's positi…”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1537year
Bolognaattested“Cranach had two sons, both artists: Hans Cranach, whose life is obscure and who died in Bologna in 1537; and Lucas Cranach the Younger, born in 1515, who died in 1586.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
26 December 1540exact date
Wittenbergattested“Cranach married Barbara Brengbier, the daughter of a burgher of Gotha and also born there; she died at Wittenberg on 26 December 1540.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1552year
Augsburgattested“Three years afterward, when all the dignitaries of the Empire met at Augsburg to receive commands from the emperor, and Titian came at Charles's bidding to paint King Philip II of Spain, John Frederick asked Cranach to visit the city; an…”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
16 October 1553exact date
Weimarattested“He died at age 81 on 16 October 1553, at Weimar, where the house in which he lived still stands in the marketplace.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
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1504year
Egyptmentioned“The oldest extant picture by Cranach is the Rest of the Virgin during the Flight into Egypt, of 1504.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1505 to 1550period
Electors of Saxonymentioned“Cranach was the court painter from 1505 to 1550 to the electors of Saxony in Wittenberg, an area in the heart of the emerging Protestant faith.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1505 to 1550period
Wittenbergmentioned“Cranach was the court painter from 1505 to 1550 to the electors of Saxony in Wittenberg, an area in the heart of the emerging Protestant faith.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1508year
Wittenbergmentioned“Before 1508 he had painted several altar-pieces for the Castle Church at Wittenberg in competition with Albrecht Dürer, Hans Burgkmair and others; the duke and his brother John were portrayed in various attitudes and a number of his best…”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1509year
Netherlandsmentioned“In 1509 Cranach went to the Netherlands, and painted the Emperor Maximilian and the boy who afterwards became Emperor Charles V.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1517 to 1519period
Naumburg Cathedralmentioned“Between 1517 and 1519, he painted an altarpiece for the Altar of Mary at Naumburg Cathedral.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1521year
Worms, Germanymentioned“In a letter written from Worms in 1521, Luther calls him his "gossip", warmly alluding to his "Gevatterin", the artist's wife.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1533year
Wittenbergmentioned“It is characteristic of Cranach's prolific output, and a proof that he used a large workshop, that he received payment at Wittenberg in 1533 for "sixty pairs of portraits of the elector and his brother" on one day.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
1547year
Battle of Mühlbergmentioned“In 1547, John Frederick was taken prisoner at the Battle of Mühlberg, and Wittenberg was besieged.”source: Wikipedia: Lucas Cranach the Elder
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