Cranach the elder

The saint is shown as a full-length seated figure, sumptuously dressed and holding an ointment jar in her hands. In the background the image shows the …

Alas, last week’s Worth ensemble got no love, despite it’s universally popular peacock blue colour. The proportions were deamed to be totally off, and the dress received a 4.5 out of 10. This week, we look at another frock that may have proportional problems. Lucas Cranach the Elder, for all of his skills, isn’t noted for his anatomically accurate representations of the female physique. Whether his depictions of their fashions is any more accurate is unknown, so we shall just have to rate…

The magnificent rooms of the Thiel Gallery are always filled with art from around 1900 collected by the banker and patron of the arts Ernest Thiel. But this unique collection consists of nearly 900 works and there is not enough room to…

The round painting (tondo) is fitted in a square frame and depicts Judith between two servants. With delicately splayed fingers she demonstratively ho …

The theme of the unequal couple, which had its heyday in the 16th century above all in prints, can be considered a combination of a secular genre picture a...

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The Martyrdom of St Catherine by Lucas Cranach the Elder (HU HCBC) - detail - Category:The Martyrdom of St. Catherine by Lucas Cranach the Elder - Wikimedia Commons

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KDS Photo, Frankfurt Stadel Museum, oil painting by Lucas Cranach The Elder "Altarpiece of the Holy Kinship: The Torgau Altarpiece", 1509,