Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter and engraver (born 1472)

Lucas Cranach the Elder

German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)

Lucas Cranach the Elder 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,…