Venus and Cupid as the Honey Thief

Venus and Cupid as the Honey Thief

Title

Venus and Cupid as the Honey Thief

[CDA 2010]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. 2011, 149, No. 15272]

The painting depicts Venus and Cupid in front of a landscape. Apart from a hat and numerous necklaces Venus weas only a transparent veil, which winds around her lower left arm and the lower part of her body. She holds it in her left hand. With her right hand she …

The painting depicts Venus and Cupid in front of a landscape. Apart from a hat and numerous necklaces Venus weas only a transparent veil, which winds around her lower left arm and the lower part of her body. She holds it in her left hand. With her right hand she gestures in Cupid's direction. He stands on the left edge of the painting and looks up at Venus. In his right hand he holds a honeycomb.

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Workshop

[Cat. Kronach 2014, No. 95]

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Production date
1534

Production date

1534

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49.5 x 34 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 49.5 x 34 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated '1534'; in yellow paint

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tree: winged serpent with elevated wings facing right and dated '1534'; in yellow paint

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left: illegible

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left:

  • illegible

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Fränkische Galerie, Kronach
Location
Kronach
CDA ID
DE_BStGS-FGK_15272
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS-FGK_15272/

Provenance

  • Collection Fritz Thyssen, legacy of Countess Anita Zichy-Zhyssen
  • bought by the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in 1987 from the collection of Fritz Thyssen
  • 1992 transferred from the Bayerischen Nationalmuseum to Kronach, Fränkische Galerie Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
  • Alte Pinakothek, Munich

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]
[Exhib. Cat. 2011, 149, No. 15272]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Kronach 2014 252-253 95
AuthorMatthias Weniger
TitleFränkische Galerie. Zweigmuseum des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums. Festung Rosenbach Kronach
Place of PublicationPetersberg
Year of Publication2014
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 149 No. 15272
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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  • Venus and Cupid as the Honey Thief, 1534

Overall

File name: DE_BStGS-FGK_15272_FR-none_2010-09_Overall
File type / description: Digital image
Date: 2010-09
Author & Rights: Gunnar Heydenreich, cda
Source: cda

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Technical studies

09. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible; possibly some blended chalk lines?

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2012]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

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