'Venus stands under an apple tree wearing a large purple red beret and a gold chain. She looks coquettishly out of the image, while Cupid looks ruefully up at her holding a honeycomb in his hand. In the background there is a wonderful alpine landscape and battling stags are visible.
The
'Venus stands under an apple tree wearing a large purple red beret and a gold chain. She looks coquettishly out of the image, while Cupid looks ruefully up at her holding a honeycomb in his hand. In the background there is a wonderful alpine landscape and battling stags are visible.
The ancient subject refers to Theocritus' Idyll. Venus cautions Cupid, who complains of having been stung by bees, that even the briefest lust for which he is responsible is associated with bitter pain. This is written in the text above, which was probably composed by Melanchthon.
DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVSPIDE FIXIT APIS SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS QUAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET.'
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]
- Attributions
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Lucas Cranach the Elder
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attributions
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19] |
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder | Koepplin suggests it is an exact copy after a lost original |
- Production date
- 1527
Production date
1527 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 83 x 58.2 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 83 x 58.2 cm
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at bottom left on the stump: winged serpent and dated '1527'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at bottom left on the stump: winged serpent and dated '1527'
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]
- Inscriptions and Labels
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'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVSPIDE FIXIT APIS SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS QUAM PETIMVS TRISTI …Inscriptions and Labels
Inscriptions, Badges:
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'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVSPIDE FIXIT APIS SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS QUAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET'
[Cat. Schwerin 1990, 19]
- Owner
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kunstsammlungen Schlösser, Gärten
- Repository
- Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Museum Schloss Güstrow
- Location
- Güstrow
- CDA ID
- DE_SMS_G199
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR246A
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SMS_G199/
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