PAINTING INVESTIGATION

CRANACh

2009 - 2013

 
 

The Cranach Collection, is my tribute to Lucas Cranach the Elder. It responds to a chance encounter with "Portrait of Princess Sybille of Cleves, Wife of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous of Saxony" from 1526; printed on the cover of an auction house catalogue found at my collector’s home in The West Village, downtown Manhattan in 2009.  I have made three variations after that painting so far,  two in which I’ve added “The World as Seen by Homer”.

 
 

Niña, Oil on Canvas, 22 x 26 in.

Brujita, (detalle), Oil on Canvas 48 x 72 in.

La Rusia del Callejón Palomar (Brujita), Oil on Canvas, 48 x 72 in.

Bride (Detail) Oil on Canvas, 48 x 72 in.

"Portrait of Princess Sybille of Cleves, Wife of Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous of Saxony" Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1526