Venus with Cupid stealing honey

Venus with Cupid stealing honey

Title

Venus with Cupid stealing honey

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 248]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 248]

Life-size, the nude Goddess Venus presents herself to the viewer against a foliage and a landscape. A transparent veil emphasizes her nakedness rather than concealing it. Her weight is supported on her left leg. Turned slightly to one side she pays attention to the little Cupid on her left while

Life-size, the nude Goddess Venus presents herself to the viewer against a foliage and a landscape. A transparent veil emphasizes her nakedness rather than concealing it. Her weight is supported on her left leg. Turned slightly to one side she pays attention to the little Cupid on her left while holding his hand. Cupid still holds the honeycomb in his right hand.

[Görres, cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 248]

Production date
1531

Production date

1531

[dated]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 51 x 35 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 51 x 35 cm

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 248]

Signature / Dating

On the tree signed and dated '1531'

Signature / Dating

  • On the tree signed and dated '1531'

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 248]

Inscriptions and Labels
  • top left: 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO
    FVRANTI DICITVM CVSPIDE FIXIT APIS
    [S]IC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

    • top left:

  • 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO

  • FVRANTI DICITVM CVSPIDE FIXIT APIS

  • [S]IC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS

  • QVAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORES. N RT.'

  • [cda 2016]

Owner
Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse
Repository
Fondation Bemberg, Toulouse
Location
Toulouse
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P125
FR (1978) Nr.
FR248
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P125/

Provenance

  • Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
  • 1934 New York, Richard Ederheimer
  • New York, private collection
    [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 248]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 120 248 248
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Kuhn 1936 39 103 pl. XXI
AuthorCharles L. Kuhn
TitleA Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections
Place of PublicationCambridge Mass.
Year of Publication1936
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 204f
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932
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