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Lithograph, 1947, on Arches wove paper, the second state (of ten), signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50 (there were also six artist’s proofs), printed by Mourlot, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, 66 x 50 cm. (26 x 19.7 in.)
Lucas Cranach was one of the main Old Master artist’s to have provided inspiration for Picasso. The artist was first introduced to the magnificent paintings by Cranach through his dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, who would sporadically send postcards and exhibition catalogues of Cranach’s masterpieces from across Europe. On this occasion Picasso received a black and white exhibition catalogue from an exhibition in Berlin, which had included a photograph of Lucas Cranach’s David and Bathsheba painted in 1534.
Other impressions of this subject are held by the Art Institute of Chicago and Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, United States of America.
