From Timothy Hyman's current TLS piece on Cranach:
The same wit shines out in Cranachıs most famous contribution to world art,
his almost laughable female nudes.
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Um, one asks, Which Cranach, Father or Son?
In either case, the TLS piece is absolute rubbish.
A fellow member of Petc and I spent a twelve hour layover in Amsterdam once,
and we managed to check out a display of 16thC genre paintings with both the
Cranachs included.
They were, as I remember it, both pretty damn good genre painters, and stood
out from the ruck.
Nudes there were none.
Just a thot.
Robin
Not to say Daddy Cranach didn't paint them, but he shouldn't be judged on
that.
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