Entries from July 2008

July 7, 2008

Cranach – Royal Academy – June 2008

Where to start with such a fascinating artist? The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, in the first room of the Royal Academy’s exhibition, is a good place.

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine, 1504-05
It is an extraordinary painting, recording the moment just after the miraculous destruction of the wheel being used to torture the [...]