Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)

• Was a German painter .
• The oldest extant picture by Cranach is the Rest of the Virgin during the Flight into Egypt, of 1504.
• The Nazis had a particular affection for Cranach's work and looted many paintings during the Third Reich.
• This has led to claims for restitution, notably from Jewish collectors who were persecuted or looted by the Nazis. 
• He died at age 81 on October 16, 1553, at Weimar, where the house in which he lived still stands in the marketplace.
• He was buried in the Jacobsfriedhof in Weimar.
• The Lutheran Church remembers Cranach as a great Christian on April 6 along with Dürer.

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