Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb
Painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb is an oil painting by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, one of the masters of the German Renaissance. It was probably executed in 1531 after Cranach met Georg Sabinus, a German poet, diplomat and academic at the University of Wittenberg.[1] It is displayed in the Galleria Borghese, Rome. There are twenty-four paintings on this subject, replicated many times by the painter, including Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb which belongs to the very first series that began in 1509.[2] Another well known versions is Cupid Complaining to Venus, dated c. 1526–27 and preserved at the National Gallery in London.
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Venus and Cupid with a Honeycomb | |
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Artist | Cranach Lucas also known as Cranach The Elder |
Year | c. 1531 |
Medium | Oil on wooden panel |
Subject | Venus, Cupid and the honeycomb |
Dimensions | 169 cm × 67 cm (67 in × 26 in) |
Location | Galleria Borghese, Rome |
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