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In the collector's cabinet (1): witches, monsters, nudes

Secular works by painters such as Dürer and in particular Altdorfer, Lucas Cranach and Hans Baldung were created for a new type of public that extended beyond princes and nobles. Humanists and a growing and educated middle class collected prints, drawings and other small-format works on particularly German subjects. These included witches, wild men of the forest, fantastical creatures, and biblical and mythological themes that offered suitable pretexts for the nude. Hans Baldung was outstanding in his depiction of witches and Lucas Cranach in representing nudes of this type. Cranach lived for several decades after Dürer's death and enjoyed increasing fame.