Why it matters
A young mother personifying Charity, naked but for a transparent veil, is surrounded by her children. Cranach, a close friend of Martin Luther, continued to paint such nudes throughout his career.
Did you know?
- Cranach was court painter to the Electors of Saxony.
- His later nudes revive a Late Gothic style.
- It is in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp.
Based on the Wikipedia article Caritas (Lucas Cranach the Elder) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
