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The full woodcut. The fig leaf is from the V&A. It is the one they used on Michelangelo's statue of David for when Queen Victoria visited.

Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Met
January 23, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Comparing Adam & Eve from the stained glass (enamel painted) at Lincoln College Chapel with Adam & Eve as they appear in a woodcut by Lucas Cranach the Elder.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The Prodigal Son as a Swineherd
From a drawing by Maarten van Heemskerck
Engraved by Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert
Rijkmuseum

Stained glass 📷 Rex Harris
January 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Comparing Adam from the stained glass (enamel painted) at Lincoln College Chapel with the Prodigal Son by Maarten van Heemskerck.
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Every so often I binge both series and then find myself continuing with a full Alec Guinness retrospective.
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
It seems unlikely that there is an engraving by Cornelis Galle II based on Rubens and it not turn up readily on the internet. Without it the image can't be dated so the angel could come from the stained glass (unlikely 🤔). The Rijkmuseum, as difficult to understand as C16-17 Dutch Protestantism.
January 22, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The woodcut figure of the angel compared with both the stained glass and the stained glass cartoon.
January 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Whilst Heemskerck accounts for the figure of Mary, the angel can be found in this woodcut which the Rijkmuseum speculates was made by Christoffel van Sichem II. However, they appear sure that it is based on Cornelis Galle II & Rubens but I can't find anything.

Only the Rijkmuseum has this online.
January 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM
But not the angel. I have the angel and will post about it later. It appears in a rather curious woodcut. Curious because the information about it is vague.
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