CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
(b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar)

Johannes Carion

c. 1530
Beech panel, 52 x 37 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Johannes Carion (Joanis Carionis, 1499-1537) was a historian and court astrologer for Elector Joachim I. He wrote, with the support of Melanchthon's, a well respected word chronicle, Chronica (Wittenberg, 1532).