Nymph of the Spring, ca. 1545–50, Oil on beech panel, 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm), Paintings, Lucas Cranach the Younger (German, Wittenberg 1515–1586 Wittenberg), This small, astonishingly well preserved painting shows a nude woman reclining on the grassy bank of a river, near a spring that issues from a rock formation. Looking toward the viewer, she identifies herself and offers a word of caution through the first-person Latin inscription at the upper right: “I, nymph of the sacred spring, am resting; do not disturb my sleep
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Nymph, Spring, ca, 1545–50, Oil, beech panel, 6 x 8, 15.2 20.3 cm, Paintings, Lucas Cranach the Younger, German, Wittenberg, 1515–1586, small, astonishingly well, preserved, painting, nude woman, reclining, grassy bank, river, spring, issues, rock formation, Looking, viewer, identifies, offers, word, caution, first-person Latin, inscription, upper right, I, nymph, sacred spring, am resting, do, disturb my, sleep
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