Encyclopedia Britannica mentions Lucas Cranach the Elder was
court painter to the elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony; ....[where] he was given two and a half times the salary paid to his predecessor. In spring 1505 he arrived in Wittenberg, a university town on the Elbe River and seat of the electors, where he remained for 45 years, until 1550, as court painter.
His studio was at first inside the castle. Cranach was an enthusiast for the Protestant Reformation, and painted the leading figures in that world. Britannica says his women, of whom he painted many, were vapid. They do look all to be painted after one model, but what a charming, confident, and vibrant lady she was. The virgin's crown is turned into a modish hat, and the former's virtue into a purity of sex appeal.
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