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Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) - 1530c. Portrait of a Young Woman (Uffizi, Florence) Cranach The Elder, 16th Century Fashion, Lucas Cranach, Istoria Artei, German Outfit, German Dress, Uffizi Gallery, Hieronymus Bosch, German Fashion

Lucas Cranach the Elder was a German painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He learned the art of drawing from his father. We do not know how Cranach was trained, but it was probably with local south German masters, as with his contemporary Matthias Grünewald. According to Gunderam (the tutor of Cranach's children) Cranach demonstrated his talents as a painter before the close of the 15th century. His work then drew the attention of the Elector of Saxony, who attached Cranach to…

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