Cranach - Venus | 75 of 77 | Back7374757677Next | | | | | | | | The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia: Lucas Cranach the Elder 1472-1553: German painter, etcher and woodcut designer moved from Germany to Vienna and became part of the 'Danube School' until 1505 when became court painter to Saxony. Inventor of the full length individual portrait and is accredited with developing the genre of erotic nude. There is another variant of this theme in Berlin |
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