Lucas Cranach the Younger
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Lucas Cranach the Younger was a German Renaissance painter and portraitist, the son of Lucas Cranach the Elder and brother of Hans Cranach. He maintained the family's artistic workshop after the death
Portrait of a Bearded Man, a possible self-portrait (c. 1546)
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery Hermitage Museum, Russia
The grave of Lucas Cranach the Younger, Stadtkirche Wittenberg
Adam and Eve
John Frederick I of Saxony
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John Frederick I was the Prince-Elector and Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire from the Ernestine branch of the Saxon ruling House of Wettin, who initially governed over the Ernestine Electorate of
Lucas Cranach the Younger
…Martin Luther and became known as a leading producer of Protestant artistic propaganda. In 1550, Cranach the Elder left Wittenberg to join his patron, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, in exile. Following his father's departure, Cranach the Younger assumed full responsibility over the flourishing family workshop. In this position…
Portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1531
Hunt in Honour of Charles V at the Castle of Torgau, by Lucas Cranach the Younger, 1544
Battle of Mühlberg 1547 and imprisonment of Elector John Frederick I of Saxony. Painting from 1630, German Historical Museum, Berlin
John Frederick in captivity, painted by Titian c. 1550–51. Note the scar on the left of his face, received at Mühlberg.