Venus

Venus

Title

Venus

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, 120, No. 246P]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, Fig. 124]

The goddess of love and beauty stands in front of a dense backdrop of bushes that opens up on the right side to reveal a mountainous landscape. She is clad only in a transparent veil, which trails on the ground although she holds it with both hands. Tis is complemented

The goddess of love and beauty stands in front of a dense backdrop of bushes that opens up on the right side to reveal a mountainous landscape. She is clad only in a transparent veil, which trails on the ground although she holds it with both hands. Tis is complemented by two necklaces, while her hair is pinned up beneath a snood over which she wears a beret.

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, Fig. 124]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, Fig. 124]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 35.5 x 22 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 35.5 x 22 cm

  • [Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, Fig. 124]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
DE_KSW-Lost_G14
FR (1978) Nr.
FR246P
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW-Lost_G14/

Provenance

  • Art Collection Weimar, Inv.-No. G14
  • 1939 presented to Hitler on his 50th Birthday by Willy Marschler (Minister President of Thuringia) as a gift 'im Namen der Thüringer Landesregierung und der Bevölkerung des Landes' (on behalf of the citizens and government of the State of Thuringia)
  • missing since 1945
    [Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015, Fig. 124]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Weimar 2015 182, 184-186 124 Fig. 124
EditorWolfgang Holler, Karin Kolb
TitleCranach in Weimar, [Weimar, Schiller-Museum, 3 April - 14 June 2015]
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication2015
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 120 No. 246P
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
Cat. Weimar 1913 No. 153
EditorWillibald Hermens
TitleKatalog des Groszherzoglichen Museums zu Weimar
Place of PublicationWeimar
Year of Publication1913
Show Literature
  • Venus, about 1530

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