# Lucas Cranach the Elder

> Court painter to the Saxon princes and closest visual chronicler of the Protestant Reformation — eleven surviving portraits of Martin Luther alone. Cranach painted both sides of the split: Catholic altarpieces early, Lutheran reinventions later, and pagan nudes straight through.

*German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lucas-cranach-the-elder

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Artist
- **Category:** Artists
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1472-10-04
- **Died:** 1553-10-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 1472, Cranach spent most of his career as court painter to the Electors of Saxony, a position that gave him both security and proximity to power. He became a close friend of Martin Luther and threw himself into the Protestant cause, painting its leaders while searching for new visual language to express Lutheran concerns — a break from the Catholic tradition he'd worked in earlier. His workshop was large and prolific; works exist in multiple versions, many created by his son Lucas Cranach the Younger and others who kept replicating the elder's compositions for decades after his death on 16 October 1553. He has been considered the most successful German artist of his time.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.3 / 100
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- **Now attention:** 1.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
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## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191748)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Lucas%20Cranach%20the%20Elder)
- [لوكاس كراناك الاكبر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1)
- [Böyük Lukas Kranax](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6y%C3%BCk_Lukas_Kranax)
- [Люкас Кранах Старэйшы](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%88%D1%8B)
- [Лукас Кранах Старэйшы](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%88%D1%8B)
- [Лукас Кранах Стари](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8)
- [Lucas Cranach an Henañ](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_an_Hena%C3%B1)
- [Lucas Cranach el Vell](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_el_Vell)
- [Lucas Cranach starší](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_star%C5%A1%C3%AD)
- [Lucas Cranach den ældre](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_den_%C3%A6ldre)
- [Lucas Cranach der Ältere](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_der_%C3%84ltere)
- [Λούκας Κράναχ ο Πρεσβύτερος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%9A%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%87_%CE%BF_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Lucas Cranach la Maljuna](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_la_Maljuna)
- [Lucas Cranach el Viejo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_el_Viejo)
- [Lucas Cranach vanem](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_vanem)
- [Lucas Cranach Zaharra](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_Zaharra)
- [لوکاس کراناخ پدر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AE_%D9%BE%D8%AF%D8%B1)
- [Lucas Cranach vanhempi](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_vanhempi)
- [Lucas Cranach l'Ancien](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_l'Ancien)
- [Lucas Cranach Mór](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_M%C3%B3r)
- [Lucas Cranach o Vello](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_o_Vello)
- [Lucas Cranach Dattijon](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_Dattijon)
- [לוקאס קראנאך האב](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A1_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%91)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_il_Vecchio)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3f2c33c2-679a-4ac9-af12-e3a1ea6e7530)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/2263571)
- [Lucas Cranach die Ouere](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_die_Ouere)
- [لوكاس كراناخ](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AE)

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