Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

Title

Venus and Cupid

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Painting on limewood

Medium

Painting on limewood

[Klein, Report 1997]

Wood

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Venus, goddess of beauty and love, is depicted naked with waving hair. She holds a veil that does not cover her naked skin. To her right is Cupid with an arrow in his right hand, gazing at his mother. Both are shown against a dark background on stony ground.

Attributions
Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attributions

Workshop Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 514 - 515, No. 1293]

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Production date
about 1520 - 1525

Production date

about 1520 - 1525

[Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988, 66, No. 50]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 90 x 49.5 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 90 x 49.5 cm

  • [Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Repository
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Location
Stockholm
CDA ID
SE_NMS_259
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/SE_NMS_259/

Provenance

  • 1648 Prague
    [Nationalmuseum Stockholm, revised 2011]

  • Prague 1621 no. 1138 or 1293, Christina no. 167 or 217, C. G. Tessin, purchased by Frederick II for Lovisa Ulrika in 1749, Drottningholm inventory 1777 no. 63, KM 1816 no. 92
    [Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966, 514 - 515, No. 1293]

Exhibitions

Stockholm 1966, No. 1 293
Stockholm 1988, No. 50

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1988 66 No. 50 Fig. p. 66
EditorNationalmuseum, Stockholm
TitleCranach och den tyska renässancen
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1988
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976 653-655 567 Fig. 320
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
Show Literature
Exhib. Cat. Stockholm 1966
Authorn. a.
TitleChristina Queen of Sweden - a personality of European civilisation [Nationalmuseum Stockholm]
Place of PublicationStockholm
Year of Publication1966
Show Literature
  • Venus and Cupid, about 1520 - 1525

Images

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Documents

Technical studies

24.10.1997Scientific analysis

  • Identification of wood species / Dendrochronology

Support

Identification of wood species: limewood (Tilia sp.)

  • analysed by Peter Klein

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