Lucas Cranach the Elder's Reformation Legacy

Lucas Maler

A leading German Renaissance painter, printmaker, publisher, businessman, and politician. He long served as the court painter to the Elector of Saxony, starting with Elector Frederick III (Frederick the Wise). Known as a close friend of Martin Luther, he created numerous portraits of Luther himself, his family, and figures associated with the Reformation, as well as works supporting the Lutheran Reformation. Operating a large-scale workshop, he produced vast quantities of paintings and prints alongside his son Lucas Cranach the Younger and others. He was also active as a Wittenberg city council member, mayor, pharmacy operator, and publisher.

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Year	Lucas Maler
1472	Birth of Lucas Maler (Period: October 4, 1472, Location: Kronach (now Bavaria, Germany))
1480	Artistic Education from his Father Hans Cranach (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 7 years old, Period: 1480s–1490s, Location: Kronach)
1502	Stay in Vienna and Artistic Activities (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 29 years old, Period: Around 1502–1504, Location: Vienna (present-day Austria)) Production of Early Works in Vienna (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 29 years old, Period: Around 1502–1504, Location: Vienna)
1504	Appointment as Court Painter to the Elector of Saxony (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 31 years old, Period: 1504–1505, Location: Wittenberg (present-day Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)) Start of Activities as Court Painter to Saxony (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 31 years old, Period: 1504–1505, Location: Wittenberg, Torgau, Coburg, etc.)
1506	Production of "The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine" (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1506, Location: Wittenberg, Coburg, etc.)
1508	Granting of the Coat of Arms and Use of the Winged Serpent Insignia (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1508, Location: Nuremberg (present-day Germany)) Visit to the Court of Margaret of Austria (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1508, Location: Mechelen (present-day Belgium))
1510	Expansion of the Workshop in Wittenberg (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1510s–1520s, Location: Wittenberg)
1512	Marriage (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Barbara Brengbier, Age: 39 years old, Period: Around 1512–around 1513, Location: Presumed to be around Wittenberg, but the exact location is unknown)
1517	Establishment of the Relationship with Martin Luther (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1517 onwards, Location: Wittenberg)
1519	Appointment as a Member of the Wittenberg City Council (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 46 years old, Period: Around 1519–1544, Location: Wittenberg)
1520	Acquisition of Pharmacy Operation Privileges (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 47 years old, Period: 1520, Location: Wittenberg) Production of Portraits of Luther (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1520s–1540s, Location: Wittenberg) Production of Reformation Religious Paintings such as "Christ and the Adulteress" (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1520s–1530s, Location: Wittenberg)
1523	Christian Publishing Activities (Age: 50 years old, Period: Around 1523–1525, Location: Wittenberg)
1524	German Peasants' War (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1524–1525, Location: Holy Roman Empire, Various Parts of Germany) Accompanying to the Imperial Diet of Nuremberg (Age: 51 years old, Period: 1524, Location: Nuremberg)
1537	Appointment as Mayor of Wittenberg (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 64 years old, Period: 1537/38–1543/44, Location: Wittenberg)
1546	Schmalkaldic War (Age: 73 years old, Period: 1546–1547, Location: Holy Roman Empire, especially Central and Southern Germany)
1547	Imprisonment of Johann Friedrich I (Age: 74 years old, Period: 1547, Location: Around Mühlberg, Saxony, etc.)
1550	Accompanying Johann Friedrich I in Exile and Captivity (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 77 years old, Period: 1550–1552, Location: Augsburg, Innsbruck, etc.)
1552	Late Years Activities in Weimar (Lucas Cranach the Elder, Age: 79 years old, Period: 1552–1553, Location: Weimar (present-day Thuringia, Germany))
1553	Death of Lucas Maler (Age: 81 years old, Period: October 16, 1553)

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Holy Roman Emperor	Maximilian von Habsburg Karl von Habsburg Ferdinand von Habsburg Rudolf von Habsburg Maria von Habsburg Maria von Spanien
German Reformation	Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Andreas Karlstadt Thomas Müntzer Martin Bucer Johannes Oecolampadius Georg Spalatin
German Renaissance Art	Albrecht Dürer Hans Holbein Lucas Maler Lucas Sunder Albrecht Altdorfer Matthias Grünewald
Polish Science	Nicolaus Copernicus Marcin Bylica Jan Łaski Jan Kanty Broziński

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