Lucas Cranach the Elder ...1472 to 1553... was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He and his son were court painters to the Electors of Saxony and are known for portraits, both of German princes, princesses and those of the leaders of the Protestant Reformation. Cranach the Elder embraced the Protestant… Continue reading Cranach’s Portrait of a Beardless Man in 1500 was widely used on German currency in 1960s