The fragment depicts a full-length figure of Cupid as a winged, nude child standing precariously on a pedestal. His left leg is bent, the left arm is stretched upwards and he stands on the pedestal only supported by the right leg. In his right hand Cupid holds an arrow of
The fragment depicts a full-length figure of Cupid as a winged, nude child standing precariously on a pedestal. His left leg is bent, the left arm is stretched upwards and he stands on the pedestal only supported by the right leg. In his right hand Cupid holds an arrow of which only the fletching is visible. The pale flesh paint is in stark contrast to the black background.
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Attributions
-
Heinrich Bollandt
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger
Attributions
Heinrich Bollandt | [Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 85] |
Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger | [Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, revised 2011] 'Fragment of a workshop copy of the composition, which is preserved as an autograph work from about 1540 in the form of a depiction of Venus and Cupid by Lucas Cranach the Younger in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich (No. 5465)" |
- Production date
- about 1620 - 1630
Production date
about 1620 - 1630 | [Schade, Exhib. Cat. Berlin 2009, 85] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 85 x 40.5 x 1.4 cm (fragment, trimmed along the top and the right edges)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 85 x 40.5 x 1.4 cm (fragment, trimmed along the top and the right edges)
[Cat. Karlsruhe 1966, 95]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Inscriptions and Labels
Reverse of the panel: - centre:
remains of a red wax seal, probably the Baden-Saxon-Lauenburg allied coat-of-arms- on the right:
Inscriptions and Labels
Stamps, Seals, Labels:
Reverse of the panel: - centre:
remains of a red wax seal, probably the Baden-Saxon-Lauenburg allied coat-of-arms
- on the right:
white label:
'Staatl. Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Standort: [1] 15 [2]'
- beside the above:
yellow label witha black boarder:
'Badisches Kunsthalle Karlsruhe [1]
Fot. [2]
Inv. Nr. [1] 810 Cranach-Werkst. [2]
Geprüft 1936 [last figure handwritten]
Amor m. Pfeil. [2]'
[1] printed
[2] handwritten
[Görres, cda 2012]
- Owner
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
- Repository
- Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
- Location
- Karlsruhe
- CDA ID
- DE_SKK_0810
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SKK_0810/
- on the right: