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| Lucas Cranach the Elder
(1472 - 1553)
| Timeline |
| 1472 |
Born 4 October in Kronach, southern Germany |
| 1500 |
Settles in Vienna |
| 1504 |
Settles in Wittenberg as court painter to Frederick III (the Wise), Elector of Saxon |
| 1508 |
Friedrich the Wise dubs him a member of the nobility in (he is presented with a coat of arms with a winged snake) |
| 1508 |
Visits the Netherlands, paints portraits of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Charles V |
| 1510 |
Marries Barbara Brengbier |
| 1513 |
Son Hans is born |
| 1515 |
Son Lucas the younger is born
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| 1515 |
Son, Lucas, born |
| 1519 |
Elected city councilman |
| 1520 |
Acquires apothecary's privilege |
| 1520 |
Daughter Anna is born, Martin Luther is her godfather |
| 1522 |
Woodcut designs for the first German edition of the New Testament |
| 1536 |
Wife Barbara dies |
| 1537 |
Elected Mayor of Wittenberg |
| 1550 |
Follows John Frederick (the Unfortunate), the last Saxon Elector of the Ernestine branch into exile |
| 1553 |
Dies 15 October in Weimar |
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