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Also Known As Lucas Müller
Born 1472 • Germany
Died October 16, 1553 (aged 81) • Weimar • Germany

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Lucas Cranach: The Judgment of Paris
Joachim I, detail from an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1529; in Monbijou Palace, Berlin
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