Lucas CranachGermania, 1472–1553Georg Rhaw
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Nel frattempo, nella vita di Lucas Cranach
Tutta la vita1505–1547
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.
1550
Follows the Captive Elector to Augsburg and Innsbruck
At John Frederick's request he followed him into captivity to Augsburg and then to Innsbruck, where he worked for the duke and his guests; he handed the Wittenberg workshop over to his son Lucas.
c. 1550
Meets Titian
In Augsburg, where Titian had come at the command of Charles V, Cranach made the acquaintance of the Italian master.
