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Article: Animals in Eden: the Courtauld Gallery's Cranach exhibition is a tightly focused revelation of his individual genius.(EXHIBITIONS)
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Following recent shows in London on Durer and Holbein the Younger, this exhibition takes its place as the first of its kind in the UK dedicated to another great German renaissance artist, Lucas Cranach. Born in Kronach, Bavaria, Cranach became court painter to the Elector Frederick the Wise of Saxony in 1505, after a brief period in Vienna. He spent the majority of his long career working for the Elector and his successors in Wittenberg, where he established, with his sons, Hans (1513-37) and Lucas the Younger (1515-86), a highly productive workshop that brought fame and wealth to the entire family. Stimulated by Durer's early prints, Cranach also played a pivotal role in ...
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