Venus (Cranach)
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Venus[1] (1532) is a painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder. It is an oil on wood (37 × 24 cm), in the collection of the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main.
Censorship
From March 8 until June 8, 2008, the London Royal Academy of Arts held a retrospective of Cranach’s work. The advertising poster for the Cranach expo (which displayed the 1532 Städelsches Kunstinstitut Venus painting) was first considered offensive to the officials of the London Underground, who banned it and stated that “Millions of people travel on the London Underground each day and they have no choice but to view whatever adverts are posted there. We have to take account of the full range of travellers and endeavour not to cause offence in the advertising we display.” The ban was later reversed.
See also
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