Venus with Cupid, stealing honey

Title

Venus with Cupid, stealing honey

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 398]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 398]
[Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 108]

The nude Goddess Venus presents herself to the viewer against a landscape. A transparent veil emphasizes her nakedness rather than concealing it. Her weight is supported on her right leg. Turned slightly to one side she pays attention to the little Cupid on her left, she point at him with one finger. Cupid still holds the honeycomb in his right hand and with the left hand he attempts to defend himself against the attacking bees. Seeking assistance he looks at his mother. [Görres, cda 2016]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 398] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 108]
Lucas Cranach the Younger	[Koepplin, in Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, no. 568]

Production date: after 1537

Production date

after 1537

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 398] [Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937, no. 108]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 51 x 34 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 51 x 34 cm
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 398]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the left edge: serpent with dropped wings, facing right

Inscriptions and Labels

top left: 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO //
FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE FIXIT APIS. SIC //
ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- top left:
'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO //
FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE FIXIT APIS. SIC //
ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS //
QVAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE //
NOCET.'
[cda 2016]

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P132
FR (1978) Nr.: FR398
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P132/

Provenance

Wartburg, in the collection of Schlosshauptmann von Cranach
in the collection of Frau von Cranach, Berlin
private collection, Germany
[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 398]

Exhibitions

Dresden 1899, no. 93
Berlin 1937, no. 108
Basel 1974, no. 569

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

149

391

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

569

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

39, 40

108

Pl. 87

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

321

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Voss, Lehfeldt 1917

391-392

Author	Georg Voss, Paul Lehfeldt
Title	Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler Thüringens. Amtsgerichtsbezirk Eisenach, Die Wartburg
Volume	3.2
Place of Publication	Jena
Year of Publication	1917
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/voss1917

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Flechsig 1900 B

126

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Tafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln

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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899

093

Editor	Karl Woermann
Title	Deutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of Publication	Dresden
Year of Publication	1899
Link	http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000

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Venus with Cupid, stealing honey, after 1537

Images

Technical studies

1974Technical examination / Scientific analysis

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