Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

Title

Venus and Cupid

[CDA 2011]

Painting on canvas

Medium

Painting on canvas

[Klassik Stiftung Weimar, revised 2011]

A frontal view of Venus standing on stony ground against a dark background is represented here. She is wearing a necklace set with pearls and a rough chain. A delicate veil is wrapped around her right arm and is held by her with both hands so that would cover her

A frontal view of Venus standing on stony ground against a dark background is represented here. She is wearing a necklace set with pearls and a rough chain. A delicate veil is wrapped around her right arm and is held by her with both hands so that would cover her vulva if it were not transparent. Her son Cupid stands at the left edge with a bow and arrow.

[Herrschaft, cda 2015]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Klassik Stiftung Weimar, revised 2011]

Production dates
about 1600 - 1699
17th century

Production dates

about 1600 - 1699

"17. Jahrhundert"
[Werche]

17th century

The original version of this composition was probably the fragment (figure of cupid) now in the Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna (GG 3530). The earliest record of the fragment in the imperial collection (Kaiserliche Sammlung ) is 1663 - therefore the copy in Weimar must have been painted before 1663 [Klassik Stiftung Weimar, revised 2011]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 178 x 80.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 178 x 80.8 cm

  • [Klassik Stiftung Weimar, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Repository
Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Museums
Location
Weimar
CDA ID
DE_KSW_G2471
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_KSW_G2471/

Provenance

  • the collection of Joachim Fernau; donate from a private collection, 1996

[Klassik Stiftung Weimar, revised 2011]

  • Venus and Cupid, about 1600 - 1699

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Technical studies

04. 2010Technical examination / Scientific analysis

  • Infrared reflectography
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Underdrawing

- an underdrawing is not readily visible

[Smith, Sandner, Heydenreich, cda 2013]

  • photographed by Ingo Sandner
  • photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Versions

Cupid
  • Cupid, about 1530
  • AT_KHM_GG3530
  • Painting
  • Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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