# Reclining Nymph [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CRANACH, Lucas the Elder]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Oil on panel, 75 x 120 cm ## Commentary Translation of the inscription upper left: "I am the nymph of the sacred fountain. Do not interrupt my sleep as I am resting." In addition to religious subjects and portraits, Cranach also painted mythological scenes which drew on the new Protestant thinking, resulting in some very unusual interpretations of classical mythology, as can be seen in the Reclining Nymph. Cranach has developed a canon of female beauty which is totally at odds with the classical ideal and is charged with a powerful eroticism. ## Related artworks - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion \(detail\)]() - [A Faun and his Family with a Slain Lion]() - [A Prince of Saxony]() - [A Princess of Saxony]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()