Лукас Кранах, ст. (1472 - 1553), немецкий художник
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Lucas Cranach (Kranach) the Elder (Lucas Muller or Sunder), a German Renaissance painter and graphic artist.
He was born in Kranach, Franconia, from which town he took his surname.
It is believed that he studied painting with his father.
С 1505 - придворный живописец саксонского курфюста в Виттенберге.
In 1505 Cranach became court painter to the electors of Saxony at Wittenberg, a position he held until 1550.
He was a prominent citizen in Wittenberg, received a title, and became mayor in 1537.
Основатель крупной мастерской.
Cranach ran a large workshop and worked with great speed, producing hundreds of works.
В период, когда в протестантской Саксонии почти исчезли церковные заказы, а укрепление княжеской власти способствовало росту светского искусства, художник отходит от религиозной тематики.