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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder: Altar wing (right, inner side)

🖼 Altar wing (right, inner side), c. 1537
Wood
Cathedral
Valencia, Italy

Gilded panels frame scenes of religious devotion rendered in Cranach's characteristic linear precision and jewel-toned palette. This Naumburg altarpiece wing exemplifies German Renaissance craftsmanship, its intricate iconography serving both spiritual instruction and dynastic patronage in Reformation-era Saxony.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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