Lucretia (After Cranach the Elder), 2024

This image is based on one of Lucas Cranach the Elder's many "Suicide of Lucretia" paintings from the 16th century. Lucretia - a tragic figure from Roman history - was a popular subject of Renaissance and Baroque painters who were always looking for excuses to incorporate nudity into their paintings. In this case, I've updated the style by a few centuries to the mid-20th, when magazine and book cover illustrators were working the same sleazy territory.