Spranger, noted for his paintings of nudes…

Spranger, noted for his paintings of nudes executed in the late Mannerist style, employs mannered poses, slender, elongated bodies, and a gleaming, brittle texture in his efforts to develop a Northern artistic canon of the human figure.

The figures smile invitingly, and the influence of Parmigianino and Correggio is evident in their voluptuous contours.