The fragment depicts the Goddess Venus as a half-length figure. In contrast with the dark background her porcelain skin radiates. Her reddish blond hair is parted and falls in long locks over her shoulders and back. The Goddess wears a headdress set with pearls, earrings, a broad neckband and a
The fragment depicts the Goddess Venus as a half-length figure. In contrast with the dark background her porcelain skin radiates. Her reddish blond hair is parted and falls in long locks over her shoulders and back. The Goddess wears a headdress set with pearls, earrings, a broad neckband and a linked chain. A thin veil covers her left shoulder.
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Attributions
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Heinrich Bollandt
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attributions
Heinrich Bollandt | [Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84] |
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, revised 2011] 'A partial copy after the depiction of 'Venus and Cupid', an autograph work by Lucas Cranach the Younger from about 1540, which is now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (No. 5465)' |
- Production date
- about 1620 - 1630
Production date
about 1620 - 1630 | [Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 84] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 46.7 x 42.3 cm (fragment)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 46.7 x 42.3 cm (fragment)
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel: - on the left side:
serrated label: 'No. [1] 85 Inv. Rastatt. [2]'- beneath:
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - on the left side:
serrated label: 'No. [1] 85 Inv. Rastatt. [2]'
- beneath:
yellowed square label:
'81 [unterstrichen] Sal. 16 No. 85' [2]
- centre:
red wax seal, probably the Baden-Saxon-Lauenburg allied coat-of-arms
- on the right side:
white label:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Standort: [1] 15 g [2] [überschrieben mit roter Farbe:] 13 K [2]'
- beneath:
yellow label with a black boarder:
'Badisches Kunsthalle Karlsruhe [1]
Fot. [2]
Inv. Nr. [1] 124. Cranach-(W). Venus [illegible word in brackets] [2]
Geprüft 1937 [last figure handwritten]'
[1] printed
[2] handwritten
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Owner
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
- Repository
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
- Location
- Karlsruhe
- CDA ID
- DE_SKK_0124
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0124/
- beneath: