Venus and Cupid as Honey Thief

Venus and Cupid as Honey Thief

Title

Venus and Cupid as Honey Thief

[cda 2022]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[MAD online catalogue, accessed 08.11.2022]

This was a popular subject depicted in a number of versions by Cranach and his workshop. Venus and Cupid are shown against the backdrop of a forest landscape. Cupid holds a honeycomb and bees crawl over him. They appear to have flown out of a large hole in the tree

This was a popular subject depicted in a number of versions by Cranach and his workshop. Venus and Cupid are shown against the backdrop of a forest landscape. Cupid holds a honeycomb and bees crawl over him. They appear to have flown out of a large hole in the tree trunk. Venus raises her right hand to admonish him. She is naked except for her choker and a transparent veil concealing her hair, which she holds in her left hand. A Latin inscription is positioned at the top right.

[cda 2022]

Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[MAD online catalogue, accessed 08.11.2022]

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

? [cda 2022]

Production date
about 1535

Production date

about 1535

[MAD online catalogue, accessed 08.11.2022]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 49 x 34 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree trunk upper left: serpent with wings (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia on the tree trunk upper left: serpent with wings (not genuine)

Inscriptions and Labels

top right: 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO // FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE(I?) FIXIT APIS // SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • top right:

  • 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO // FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE(I?) FIXIT APIS // SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS // QVAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET'

Owner
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Repository
Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Location
Paris
CDA ID
F_MAD_PE152
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/F_MAD_PE152/

Provenance

Exhibitions

Burgos 2000

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Burgos 2000
AuthorMatilde Martín Molinero
EditorSociedad Estatal para la Conmemoración de los Centenarios de Felipe II y Carlos V, Monasterio de San Juan, Burgos
TitleEl jardín de Melibea [Monasterio de San Juan, Burgos, 18.04 - 20.06.2000]
Place of PublicationMadrid
Year of Publication2000
Show Literature
  • Venus and Cupid as Honey Thief, about 1535

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