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Summary
Lucas Cranach the Elder: Venus and Cupid
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| Title |
Venus and Cupid, the Honey Thief
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre |
mythological painting  |
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| Description |
English: Venus with Cupid stealing honey, 1531; English translation: "AS THE BOY STEALS THE HONEY FROM THE TREE, THE FINGER OF THE CUPID STEAL HAS FIXED THE BEES WITH THE POINT OF HIS FINGER, SO TO US THE SHORT AND DESTROYING PLEASURE WHICH WE SEEK IS MIXED WITH SAD PAIN." |
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| Date | 1531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | oil on panel, transferred on canvas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 176 cm (69.2 in); width: 80 cm (31.4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
4759 |
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| Object history | 1928 donated by Leon Cassel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
top right: DV/PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO. / FVRANTI DIGITV CVSPITE FIXIT APIS. / SIC ETIA NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS / QVA PETIMVS TRISTI PIXTA DOLORE NOCET
Artist's insignia on the tree trunk: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1531'English: "AS THE BOY STEALS THE HONEY FROM THE TREE, THE FINGER OF THE CUPID STEAL HAS FIXED THE BEES WITH THE POINT OF HIS FINGER, SO TO US THE SHORT AND DESTROYING PLEASURE WHICH WE SEEK IS MIXED WITH SAD PAIN." |
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| Notes | Friedländer, Rosenberg (1978) Nr.: FR246F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Cranach Digital Archive |
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| Source/Photographer |
1. Web Gallery of Art:  Image  Info about artwork2. nevsepic.com.ua |
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| current | 23:33, 17 August 2014 | | 1,761 × 3,866 (1.56 MB) | Trzęsacz | http://nevsepic.com.ua/ |
| 06:38, 9 June 2011 |  | 603 × 1,345 (94 KB) | JarektUploadBot | {{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Lucas Cranach (I)}} |title = Venus and Cupid |description = |date = 1531 |medium = {{Oil on canvas}} |dimensions = {{size|unit=c |
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