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Cranach

Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 37.7 x 24.5 cm

8 Mar—8 Jun 2008

In the Sackler Wing of Galleries

2008 Season supported by Sotheby's

The Royal Academy of Arts presents the first major exhibition in Britain devoted to Lucas Cranach the Elder (c.1472–1553). The exhibition brings together some 70 works chosen to represent the quality and range of this important master.

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From All Walks of Life

Genre paintings from the Royal Academy Collection

Oil on canvas.

Until 07 Dec 2008

In the John Madejski Fine Rooms

Free

This display explores the rich variety of genre paintings, or subjects of everyday life, from the Royal Academy's own collection.

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Commissioned by both Luther and his Catholic enemies, Lucas Cranach made art that breached the spiritual divide of his day. Jerry Brotton profiles this painter polymath.

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Show photo credits

 

Vilhelm Hammershøi, 'Interior with Young Woman seen from the Back' (detail), c.1903–1904. Oil on canvas, 61 x 50.5 cm. Randers Kunstmuseum. Photo Niels Erik Høybye

Tristram Hillier RA, Alcañiz (detail), 1961. Oil on canvas, 70 x 80 cm. Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest, 1962. Tate Britain