Venus and Cupid

Title

Venus and Cupid

[cda 2021]

Painting on oak

Medium

Painting on oak

[Examination report, Thomas Eißing, 05.03.2021]

The goddess of love stands with long flowing hair in a forest clearing with a view of a rocky landscape at the right. Using both hands she adjusts a transparent veil, which appears to emphasize rather than hide her nakedness. She wears a choker and a linked chain, and a plaited wreath with a feather adorns her head. The naked, winged infant Cupid holds a honeycomb in his left hand, while removing another one from the hollowed-out tree with his right hand. Seeking help, he looks up at his mother as bees swarm around him, stinging to fight off the thief.

[see expertise, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, 2021]

Attribution: Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[cda 2021]

Production dates: after 1888
1532

Production dates

after 1888	[Examination report, Thomas Eißing, 05.03.2021]
1532	[date not genuine]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 52.5 x 35 x 5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 52.5 x 35 x 5 cm
[Examination report, Thomas Eißing, 05.03.2021]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia on the tree trunk: serpent with dropped wings, facing right and dated '1532'; (not genuine)

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia on the tree trunk: serpent with dropped wings, facing right and dated '1532'; (not genuine)

Inscriptions and Labels

top left: 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO // FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE FIXIT APIS // SIC ETIA[M] NOBIS …

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

- top left:
'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO // FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE FIXIT APIS // SIC ETIA[M] NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS // QVAM PETIMVS [TRIS]TI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET:'

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P520
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P520/

Provenance

Salomon, Dresden, 1809
Auguste Lederer, Vienna
Heinz Kisters, Kreuzlingen, 1956
Christie's, London, 27.06.1969, Lot 72
Senger Bamberg Kunsthandel, 1995
Dr. Konrad Wiegand, Coburg 1996
private collection, Germany, 2021
[Expertise, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, 2021]

Exhibitions

Nuremberg 1963
Münster 1964
Jerusalem

Research History / Discussion

Copy after a painting in a private collection attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder [PRIVATE_NONE-P448].

[cda 2021]

Venus and Cupid, after 1888

Images

Technical studies

05.03.2021Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Dendrochronology / Identification of wood species

Support

- oak panel consisting of two radially cut boards with slightly bevelled edges

- the reverse of the panel is reinforced with three dovetail inserts made of oak wood

- 1888 is the earliest date of pruction for the panel

[Untersuchungsbericht, Thomas Eißing, 05.03.2021]

Versions

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