Laura Freeman Laura Freeman

Sumptuous and saucy: Compton Verney’s Cranach show reviewed

The classic Cranach nude is sly and silken with sleepy, cat-like eyes, bee-stung breasts, minxy ankles, pinchable ears

‘Lot and His Daughters’, c.1530, by Lucas Cranach the Elder. © compton verney

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