Lucas Cranach the Elder Lot and his Daughters © Compton Verney
Art
As a selection of museums and galleries across the world reopen, there's also plenty to enjoy online if you still can't get out. Andrea Marechal Watson looks at the arts landscape in the time of Covid 19.
Lucas Cranach the Elder Portrait of Electress and her Son 1510-40, Oil on Panel Royal Collection Trust © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Capability Brown landscape. The building was restored and six galleries were created and furnished with his collections, which remarkably include four paintings by the great 17th century master Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553.)
Cranach Artist and Innovator
Earlier this year, Compton Verney briefly opened an ittlewoods heir and eclectic
exhibition devoted to the life and legacy of Cranach which
art collector Peter Moores
brought together more works by the master and described
ranks as one of the greatest
his life as court painter to the Electors of Saxony; as a
philanthropists of modern
successful entrepreneur and as printer and illustrator of
times. He loved a lot of things: among them opera (he had 30 translated into English
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owing to Covid-19, but online tours of Cranach can be
going on); archaic Chinese bronzes, folk art
seen on its website. Now Compton Verney has opened its
and Dutch and British paintings.
gardens and grounds to members – so join up! The house remains closed, but this is at least a chance to experience
dilapidated mansion in Warwickshire,
part of Moores' hugely generous gift to the nation and help
Compton Verney set in 120 acres of
keep Compton Verney alive for future generations.
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Sadly, within five days, Compton Verney was shut down
so audiences could understand what was
In 1993 his foundation bought a www.comptonverney.org.uk/
Martin Luther's radical texts.
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