Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

Title

Venus and Cupid

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Painting on beech wood

Medium

Painting on beech wood

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Nudes did not appear significantly in Cranach's work until at least 1520, but thereafter many mythological, biblical and historical characters emerge, and representations of the female nude are amongst the most coveted of his works. Examination by infra-red has shown that Venus was originally painted wearing a large crimson hat,

Nudes did not appear significantly in Cranach's work until at least 1520, but thereafter many mythological, biblical and historical characters emerge, and representations of the female nude are amongst the most coveted of his works. Examination by infra-red has shown that Venus was originally painted wearing a large crimson hat, now covered by the brown curtain behind her head.

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Production date
about 1525

Production date

about 1525

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 39 x 26 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 39 x 26 cm

  • [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent and dated (indistinct): '1525'

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom left: winged serpent and dated (indistinct): '1525'

  • [Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Owner
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Repository
Compton Verney, Warwickshire
Location
Warwickshire
CDA ID
UK_CVCSC_0339-N
FR (1978) Nr.
FR246M
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/UK_CVCSC_0339-N/

Provenance

  • 1926, inheritance to Paret, Suse from Cassirer, Paul
  • 1934, Paret, Suse (later Bernfeld, Menton, France)
  • 1936, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 1936, Hausamann, Alfred (Zurich)
  • 2001, Feichenfeldt, Walter (Zurich)
  • 7.07.2005, Sotheby's London, lot 25, to Peter Moores Foundation

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Roe 2009 13
EditorSonia Roe
TitleOil Paintings In Public Ownership in Warwickshire
Place of PublicationLondon
Year of Publication2009
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Koepplin 2003 B 45, Fn. 123
AuthorDieter Koepplin
TitleNeue Werke von Lukas Cranach und ein altes Bild einer polnischen Schlacht - von Hans Krell?
Place of PublicationBasel
Year of Publication2003
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 246M
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 68 204L
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
Show Literature
  • Venus and Cupid, about 1525

Images

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Technical studies

2012Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Support

- single beech wood panel

[Compton Verney, revised 2012]

Versions

Venus and Cupid
  • Venus and Cupid, 1526
  • DE_MB_L1634
  • Painting
  • Museum Bautzen
Venus and Cupid
  • Venus and Cupid, about 1537
  • UK_NGS_NG1942
  • Painting
  • National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

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