Venus with Cupid as Honey Thief

Venus with Cupid as Honey Thief

Title

Venus with Cupid as Honey Thief

[CDA 2010]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Venus is depicted as a standing nude figure facing the viewer. She wears just a hat and neckband. With both hands she points towards Cupid, who stands on the left side of the painting. He holds a honey-comb in his right hand and attempts to driven the bees away with

Venus is depicted as a standing nude figure facing the viewer. She wears just a hat and neckband. With both hands she points towards Cupid, who stands on the left side of the painting. He holds a honey-comb in his right hand and attempts to driven the bees away with his left hand, which is raised. His tears indicate that they have apparently already stung him.

Attribution
Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Production date
about 1600 - 1630

Production date

about 1600 - 1630

"frühes 17. Jahrhundert "
[Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011, 149, No. 13261]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 176.9 x 70.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 176.9 x 70.5 cm

  • [Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_13261
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_13261/

Provenance

  • Göring collection [1]
  • 1961 acquired from the State

[1] Göring Collection, DHM database: http://www.dhm.de/datenbank/goering/dhm_goering.php?seite=5&fld_0=RMG00468

[Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, revised 2010]

See also the entry in the Lost Art-Database, Stiftung Deutsches Zentrum für Kulturgutverluste: Lost Art-ID 391061; http://www.lostart.de/DE/Fund/391061 (accessed 17 Dec. 2019).

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Munich 2011 149 No. 13261
AuthorMartin Schawe
EditorBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
TitleCranach in Bayern
Place of PublicationMunich
Year of Publication2011
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Images

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Versions

Venus
  • Venus, after 1600
  • CH_MAHG_1874-0012
  • Painting
  • Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Genève
Venus and Cupid
  • Venus and Cupid, 1531
  • BE_MRBAB_4759
  • Painting
  • Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

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