The fundraising drive launched by the Louvre to acquire The Three Graces by Lucas Cranach was not just a success, but rather a triumphant victory for the museum which did not even have to await the deadline (31 January 2010) before meeting its (...)
There is absolutely no coincidence in the fact that the posters for the last three exhibitions highlighting Cranach offered passers-by a look at three willowy women in the artist’s signature rendition of nudity : the Royal Academy of Arts in (...)
We had mentioned the fundraising drive for the purchase of the Lucas Cranach painting, The Three Graces. This appeal has now been opened up by the Louvre to include private individuals. The museum has created a special internet website for the (...)
After having been banned for export by a decree published in the Journal Officiel of 13 July 2009, a painting by Lucas Cranach representing The Three Graces was then listed as a national treasure (Journal Officiel of 23 July 2009). The Louvre (...)
Many of the acquisitions made by the Metropolitan Museum in recent months have not been mentioned here and it is now high time that we take a look at the latest additions