Lucas Cranach: His Life, His World and His Art

2005

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Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) was an artist, an entrepreneur, and a good friend of Martin Luther. From early in the 16th century, Cranach lived in Wittenberg and became Elector of Saxony, Frederick the Wise’s court painter; he was to become one of the most important German Renaissance artists. This portrait of Martin Luther by Cranach was finished one year after the ex-monk married Katharina von Bora in 1525.