Venus with Cupid, stealing honey

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

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 149 391 391
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 569
AuthorDieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
TitleLukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationBasel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1974
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
EditorStaatliche Museen, Berlin
TitleLucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1937
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 321
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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Voss, Lehfeldt 1917 391-392
AuthorGeorg Voss, Paul Lehfeldt
TitleBau- und Kunstdenkmäler Thüringens. Amtsgerichtsbezirk Eisenach, Die Wartburg
Volume3.2
Place of PublicationJena
Year of Publication1917
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/voss1917
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Flechsig 1900 B 126 126
AuthorEduard Flechsig
TitleTafelbilder Lucas Cranachs d. Ä. und seiner Werkstatt
Volume1, 2
Place of PublicationLeipzig
Year of Publication1900
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/flechsig1900tafeln
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Exhib. Cat. Dresden 1899 093
EditorKarl Woermann
TitleDeutsche Kunstausstellung Dresden 1899. Abteilung Cranach-Ausstellung. Wissenschaftliches Verzeichnis der ausgestellten Werke
Place of PublicationDresden
Year of Publication1899
Link http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB00002A2400000000
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