Venus and Cupid

Title

Venus and Cupid

[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 188]

Painting auf Holz, transferred onto canvas

Medium

Painting auf Holz, transferred onto canvas

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The nude figure of the Goddess of Love stands in front of a dark background. A tree is suggested at the left edge. From it her son Cupid has just stolen a honey comb and has been stung by the bees. He plaintively turns to his mother. However, according to

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[http://www.opac-.fabritius.be; 20.01.2011]

Production date: 1531

Production date

1531

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 176 x 80 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 176 x 80 cm
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Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia on the tree trunk: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1531'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree trunk: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1531'; in yellow paint
[Kunsthistorisches Museum, revised 2011]

Inscriptions and Labels

top right:
'DV/PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO. / FVRANTI DIGITV CVSPITE FIXIT APIS. / SIC ETIA NOBIS BREVIS ET …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- top right:
'DV/PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO. / FVRANTI DIGITV CVSPITE FIXIT APIS. / SIC ETIA NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS / QVA PETIMVS TRISTI PIXTA DOLORE NOCET'
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Owner: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Repository: Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Location: Brussels

CDA ID: BE_MRBAB_4759
FR (1978) Nr.: FR246F
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/BE_MRBAB_4759/

Provenance

1928 donated by Leon Cassel
[Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010, 188]

Exhibitions

Brussels, Paris 2010/2011, No.98

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Brussels 2010

188-189

pp. 188, 201

Editor	Bozarbooks & Lannoo, Guido Messling
Title	Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Die Welt des Lucas Cranach", Palast der Schönen Künste, Brüssel, 20. Oktober 2010 - 23. Januar 2011]
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010

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Heydenreich 2010 A

p. 71

Author	Gunnar Heydenreich
Title	Reisende Bilder im Wandel
Publication	in Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	66-79

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Werner 2010

Author	Elke Anna Werner
Title	Künstlerische Transferprozesse und mediale Strategien kultureller Aneignung. Cranach und Italien
Publication	in Guido Messling, ed., Die Welt des Lucas Cranach. Ein Künstler im Zeitalter von Dürer, Tizian und Metsys, Exhib. Cat. Brussels
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2010
Pages	30-41

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Cat. Brussels 2001

Author	Anne Dubois, Brigitte De Patoul
Editor	Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brüssel
Title	Musée d'Art Ancien. Oeuvres choisies
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	2001

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Cat. Brussels 1984

Editor	Henri Pauwels, Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brüssel
Title	Musées royal des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. Catalogue inventaire de la peinture ancienne
Place of Publication	Brussels
Year of Publication	1984

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

119

No. 246F

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

204G

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Fierens-Gevaert 1931

pl. 73

Author	Fierens-Gevaert
Title	La peinture au Musée Ancien de Bruxelles. Reprod. de 184 oeuvres des diverses écoles précédée d'un guide historique et critique
Place of Publication	Brussels
Issue	Third edition
Year of Publication	1931

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Glaser 1923

232

Author	Curt Glaser
Title	Lukas Cranach
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1923
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/glaser1923

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Venus and Cupid, 1531

Images

Technical studies

01. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

Tools/Materials:

- dry drawing material and fluid black medium, a combination of brush and chalk?

Type/Ductus:

- freehand underdrawing?; barely visible

- thin lines

Function:

- binding for the final painted version; lines delineate contours

Deviations:

- no alterations made during the painting process

INTERPRETATION

Attribution:

- Lucas Cranach the Younger?

Comments:

- probably with reference to a preparatory drawing or may even have been transferred from a pre-existing design

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

Preserved original painted surface: c. 166 x 67 cm, added to along all four edges

[Heydenreich, CDA 2011]

written by Gunnar Heydenreich

Condition Reports

Date2010

'The original wooden support was removed and the ground and paint layers were transferred onto canvas. There are large losses in the paint layers, particularly on the bottom left. In the past these were generously overpainted by a restorer. The quiver, stone floor and parts of the legs and feet are no longer the work of Cranach. The image was added to around the edge.'

[Heydenreich 2010 A, 70]

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