The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has put much of its collection online in digitized high-resolution images, including scores of works by the patron of this blog Lucas Cranach. Go to this link: Search | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click the title of the work and you will go to a larger image with a brief discussion of its significance. Click the image again and it will fill your screen. You can then zoom in for the most exquisite detail.
After the jump, two paired paintings depicting the theme of God’s grace: Jesus with the children and Jesus with the woman taken in adultery. (HT: Paul McCain)
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