Eros

Eros

Title

Eros

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

This painting is a fragment of a much larger composition. Originally, it included a standing figure of Venus, whose thigh can still be seen at the upper right.

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Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 79.1 x 38.1 cm (31 1/8 x 15 inches)

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 79.1 x 38.1 cm (31 1/8 x 15 inches)

  • [Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia at the bottom, centre: winged serpent

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia at the bottom, centre: winged serpent

  • [Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Owner
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Repository
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Location
Philadelphia
CDA ID
US_PMA_738
FR (1978) Nr.
FR246S
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/US_PMA_738/

Provenance

  • with Charles Sedelmeyer (Galerie Sedelmeyer), Paris, by 1907 [1]
  • his sale, Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris, June 3-5, 1907, no. 210.
  • John G. Johnson (1841-1917), Philadelphia, by 1914, until d. 1917 [2]
  • bequest to City of Philadelphia, 1917 (John G. Johnson Collection)

[1] Catalogue des tableaux composant la collection Ch. Sedelmeyer, troisième vente, comprenant les tableaux des écoles flamande, italienne, espagnole et des maîtres primitifs, sale cat., Sedelmeyer, Paris, June 3-5, 1907, p. 238, no. 210.
[2] W[ilhelm]. R[einhold]. Valentiner, Catalogue of a Collection of Paintings and Some Art Objects, vol. 3: German, French, Spanish and English Paintings and Art Objects, Modern Paintings (Philadelphia: John G. Johnson, 1914), p. 13, no. 738.
[Philadelphia Museum of Art, revised 2015]

Exhibitions

Philadelphia 1994

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
PMA 2014 117
EditorPhiladelphia Museum of Art
TitleHandbook. Philadelphia. Philadelphia Museum of Art
Place of PublicationPhiladelphia
Year of Publication2014
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Cat. Philadelphia 1994 165 (2)
EditorPhiladelphia Museum of Art
TitlePhiladelphia Museum of Art. Concise Catalogue.
Place of Publication[Philadelphia]
Year of Publication1994
Show Literature
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 No. 246S
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
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Overdiep 1961 113 Fig. 39
AuthorG. Overdiep
TitleJustitia, waar is uw blinddoek?
Publicationin Pro Excolendo Iure Patrio, 1761-1961
Place of PublicationGroningen
Year of Publication1961
Pages87 - 122
Show Literature
Cat. Philadelphia 1941 43
Authorn. a.
TitleJohn G. Johnson Collection: Catalogue of Paintings
Place of Publication[Philadelphia]
Year of Publication1941
Show Literature
Panofsky 1939 128 Fig. 106
AuthorErwin Panofsky
TitleBlind Cupid
Publicationin Erwin Panofsky, ed., Studies in Iconology. Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance, The Mary Flexner Lectures on the Humanities 7
Place of PublicationNew York
Year of Publication1939
Pages95 - 127
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Exhib. Cat. Cambridge, Mass. 1936 41 121 Pl. XXIII
AuthorCharles L. Kuhn
EditorGermanic Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
TitleCatalogue of the Germanic Museum exhibition of German paintings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Lent from American collections
Place of PublicationCambridge Mass.
Year of Publication1936
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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 68 204q
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
Cat. Philadelphia 1914 13 No. 738
AuthorW[ilhelm]. R[einhold]. Valentiner
TitleCatalogue of a Collection of Paintings and Some Art Objects, vol. 3: German, French, Spanish and English Paintings and Art Objects, Modern Paintings (John G. Johnson Collection)
Place of Publication[Philadelphia]
Year of Publication1914
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Auct. Cat. Paris 1907 238 No. 210 Fig.
EditorSedelmeyer, Paris
TitleCatalogue des tableaux composant la collection Ch. Sedelmeyer, troisième vente, comprenant les tableaux des écoles flamande, italienne, espagnole et des maîtres primitifs, sale cat., Sedelmeyer, Paris, June 3-5
Place of Publication[Paris]
Year of Publication1907
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