
Lucas CranachGerman, 1472–1553May one see it?
Braunschweig, Germany
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
1505–1547
Post: court painter
1547
Capture of John Frederick at Mühlberg
Cranach's employer, Duke John Frederick the Magnanimous, was defeated by imperial forces at the Battle of Mühlberg and taken prisoner; Wittenberg was besieged.
1547
Meeting with Charles V at the Camp near Piestritz
During the siege of Wittenberg, Emperor Charles V, who remembered Cranach from his childhood, summoned him to his camp near Piestritz; the artist begged on his knees for gentle treatment of the captive Elector.