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Study of Three Girls' Heads

Image credit: Royal Institution of Cornwall

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It has been suggested that this painting may be a triple portrait of Cranach's three daughters. There is also a theory that it may be a study, or a fragment of a study, for a now destroyed painting of the Judgement of Paris, a theme which Cranach famously depicted in other works.

Royal Cornwall Museum

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Title

Study of Three Girls' Heads

Date

c.1525

Medium

oil on paper mounted on oak panel

Measurements

H 12.5 x W 26.9 cm

Accession number

TRURI : 1828.4

Acquisition method

gift, 1828

Work type

Painting

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