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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder: Portrait of Anna Cuspinian

🖼 Portrait of Anna Cuspinian, c. 1502
Oil on wood
59 × 45 cm
Winterthur, Switzerland

Soft brushwork renders a woman's pale face against dark background, her jeweled headdress and golden chains marking her wealth and status. Cranach's intimate portrait exemplifies early German Renaissance portraiture, capturing both the subject's dignity and the artist's meticulous attention to luxurious detail.

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