85 gravures, after Lucas Cranach, Czw 268

In this lithograph from 85 Gravures (1966), Picasso reinterprets a 1564 female portrait by Lucas Cranach the Younger, bridging Renaissance elegance and modern abstraction. Retaining the frontal poise and linear clarity of the original, Picasso transforms the figure through expressive contour and rhythmic simplification, infusing the image with immediacy and psychological presence. The work exemplifies Picasso’s dialogue with art history—honoring Cranach’s refined portraiture while asserting a distinctly 20th-century visual language in this striking lithographic homage.