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A note of ambiguity or unease often gives a piquant quality to German adaptations of the Renaissance ideal. Cranach’s painting of a classical nymph represents an Italian theme but gives it a moralizing twist common to late Gothic courtly and amorous subjects.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 71, repro. 1993 Hand, John Oliver,
Peter Paul Rubens’s enormous painting, based on the Old Testament story of Daniel, puts us right in the lions’ den. The Jewish youth was condemned to spend the night with the brutal beasts for worshipping his God rather than the Persian king Darius.
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Artwork Triptych (3.20.15, 5.21.15, 6.8.15) Triptych (3.20.15, 5.21.15, 6.8.15) Oliver
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cat., Musée Communal de Bruxelles, Brussels, 1979: 126-128. 1986 Hand, John Oliver
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1932: 43. 1954 Larkin, Oliver W.
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Accession ID 1945.5.1312 Artwork The Vicar of Wakefield The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver
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Oxford, 1977: 92. 1986 Hand, John Oliver and Martha Wolff.
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New York, 1875. 1954 Larkin, Oliver W. Samuel F. B.
Lucas Cranach was born in 1472 and took his name from his birthplace, the Franconian town of Kronach, which was part of the bishopric of Bamberg. His father, Hans Maler, was an artist and it is assumed that he was Cranach’s first teacher.
[Hand, John Oliver, with the assistance of Sally E. Mansfield.
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art Artwork The Deserted Village The Deserted Village Edwin Austin Abbey, Oliver
