Sporting Arts

Oct 14, 2024 | grayssportingjournal.com | Sonny Williams |Sporting Arts

Deer Hunt of Elector Friedrich the Wise, ViennaOr, More of the Sameby Brooke ChilversUntil you read it, study it, or figure it out yourself: You are not losing your mind when, standing before a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) of a demure Adam and Eve, or an agonizing Lucretia pressing a dagger to her breast, or a sober portrait of the artist’s friend Martin Luther, you are totally convinced you’ve seen this work before. Why?