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Lucas Cranach, the Elder
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The Judgment of Paris, oil on wood by Lucas Cranach, 1530; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany. Joachim I, detail from an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529; in Monbijou Palace, Berlin John Frederick the Magnanimous, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder; in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin Cranach, Lucas: Lucretia Martin Luther
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Also Known As Lucas Müller
Born 1472 • Germany
Died October 16, 1553 (aged 81) • Weimar • Germany

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The Judgment of Paris, oil on wood by Lucas Cranach, 1530; in the Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Joachim I, detail from an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529; in Monbijou Palace, Berlin
John Frederick the Magnanimous, portrait by Lucas Cranach the Elder; in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
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Wolf Huber
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Utagawa Kunisada
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