Venus

Title

Venus

[cda 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[cda 2015]

A half-length depiction of the Goddess Venus against a dark background. Venus holds a transparent veil up against her body, that does not conceal it at all. Her long loose hair cascades down her back and a golden torc decorates her neck.

[Görres, cda 2015]

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=literature&objectId=90326&viewType=detailView; accessed 21-01-2015]
Lucas Cranach the Elder (and workshop)	[cda 2015]

Production date: about 1526 - 1537

Production date

about 1526 - 1537

[http://emuseumplus.lsh.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=literature&objectId=90326&viewType=detailView; accessed 21-01-2015]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 94 x 59.5 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 94 x 59.5 cm
[email correspondence, Hallwylska museet 2015]

Signature / Dating: none

Owner: Hallwylska museet, Stockholm
Repository: Hallwylska museet, Stockholm
Location: Stockholm

CDA ID: SE_HMS_XXXII-B-156
FR (1978) Nr.: FR246Q
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_HMS_XXXII-B-156/

Provenance

Reinhold Rudbeck, Edsbergs Gard (Uppland)
1915 auction house: Bukowski, Stockholm (cat. 205, no. 561/2)
Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
[Cat. Stockholm 1997, 389]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Auct. Cat. Cologne 2014

Editor	Kunsthaus Lempertz
Title	Kunsthaus Lempertz. Gemälde und Zeichnungen alter Meister, Skulpturen, Köln, 17.05.2014
Place of Publication	Cologne
Year of Publication	2014

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Cat. Stockholm 1997

389

387

Fig. p. 389

Author	Eva Helena Cassel-Pihl
Editor	Hallwylska museet, Stockholm
Title	Hallwylska målerisamlingen - The Hallwyl collection of paintings
Place of Publication	Stockholm
Year of Publication	1997

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

246Q

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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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

204o

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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Cat. Stockholm 1930 B

356, 357

B156

Editor	Hallwylska museet, Stockholm, Wilhelmina von Hallwyl
Title	Hallwylska Samlingen Grupp 32-33: Taflor II; Grafisk konst
Place of Publication	Stockholm
Year of Publication	1930
Link	http://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu/view-title/index.php?katalog=ARCHIVE_ORG&url=http%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2FHallwylskaSamlingen32&signature=y-JTPqO2kQRdi7hZsDW3e-ANrST5numtMceWFpOjgfQ&showCoverImg=1

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Venus, about 1526 - 1537

Images

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