Tags: Painter.
Hans Cranach (ca. 1513-1537) also known as Johann Lucas Cranach was a German painter the oldest son of Lucas Cranach the Elder. German art historian Christian Schuchardt who discovered his existence credits him with an altar-piece at Weimar signed with the monogram H. C. and dated 1537. He died at Bologna in 1537. Luther mentions his death in his Table Talk and Johann Stigel a contemporary poet celebrates him as a painter.
