Venus with Cupid as a Honey Thief

Venus with Cupid as a Honey Thief

Title

Venus with Cupid as a Honey Thief

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Pinakothek online database, accessed 25.05.2021]

The painting shows Venus as a full-length frontal nude figure, wearing nothing more than a veil and choker. She points with both hands a cupid, who is standing at her right. He is holding a honeycomb in his right hand, while attempting to drive off the swarm of bees.

[cda 2021]

Attributions
Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Circle of Lucas Cranach the Elder

School of Cranach the Elder [Pinakothek online database, accessed 25.05.2021]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2021]

Production dates
about 1500 - 1599
after 1531

Production dates

about 1500 - 1599

probably 16th century
[Pinakothek online database, accessed 25.05.2021]

after 1531

[cda 2021]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 174 × 74 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Repository
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
Location
Munich
CDA ID
DE_BStGS_5466
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_BStGS_5466/

Provenance

  • Venus with Cupid as a Honey Thief, about 1500 - 1599

Images

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Versions

Venus and Cupid
  • Venus and Cupid, 1531
  • BE_MRBAB_4759
  • Painting
  • Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Cupid as Honey Thief
  • Cupid as Honey Thief, about 1600 or later
  • DE_SKK_0811
  • Painting
  • Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Cupid (fragment)
  • Cupid (fragment), 153[1]?
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P325
  • Painting
  • Private Collection

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