Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

Title

Venus and Cupid

[cda 2024]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2023]

Venus and Cupid are represented against a backdrop of trees and shrubs as nude figures, apart from some fine jewellery and a snood worn by Venus. She has gone down on one knee in front of a small log. She holds an apple in her right hand and Cupid has

Venus and Cupid are represented against a backdrop of trees and shrubs as nude figures, apart from some fine jewellery and a snood worn by Venus. She has gone down on one knee in front of a small log. She holds an apple in her right hand and Cupid has playfully wrapped his arms around her left arm. Both look provokingly at the viewer.

[cda 2024]

Attribution
Master HB (with a griffin's head)

Attribution

Master HB (with a griffin's head)

[D. Koepplin, handwritten on a photocopy; Koepplin Archive]

Production date
about 1530 - 1545

Production date

about 1530 - 1545

[cda 2024]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: not known

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: not known

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P630
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P630/

Provenance

  • Private collection, Berlin
    [Kühnel-Kunze 1960, photocopy of a page; Koepplin Archive]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Cat. Kühnel-Kunze 1960
AuthorIrene Kunze
TitleHans Brosamer und der Meister HB mit dem Greifenkopf. Ein weiterer Beitrag zur Brosamer-Forschung.
JournalZeitschrift des deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft
IssueXIV, 1960
Year of Publication1960
Pages57-80
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  • Venus and Cupid, about 1530 - 1545

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