File:Lucas Cranach (I) - Venus and Cupid (1529) - National Gallery London.jpg
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Summary
Lucas Cranach the Elder: Venus and Cupid stealing honey
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| Artist |
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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 and Cupid, 1529; English translation: "As Cupid was stealing honey from the hive, abee stung the thief on the finger, and so do we seek transitory and dangerous pleasures That are mixed with sadness and bring us pain" |
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| Depicted people |
Venus |
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| Date |
1529 |
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| Medium | oil and tempera on beech wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
height: 38.1 cm (15 in) ; width: 23.5 cm (9.2 in) |
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| Collection |
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| Accession number |
NG6680 |
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| Object history |
collection Sir Herbert Cook, Richmond collection Drue Heinz |
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| Exhibition history | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loans to Celebrate the "New" European Paintings Galleries, (2013-2018), inventory number L.2013.30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | A gift from the Drue Heinz Charitable Trust, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions |
Latin: DVM FVER ALVEOLO FVRATVRMELLA CVPIDO FVRANTI DIGITVM … etc.(English: As the Infant Cupid was stealing honey from the hollow, the bee stung the thief on the finger. Thus does brief and transitory pleasure harm us too: it is mingled with sharp pain.) signed wis winged serpent and dated 1529 (lower right) |
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| Notes | Friedländer, Rosenberg (1978) Nr.: FR246B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loans to Celebrate the "New" European Paintings Galleries (PDF, last page) National Gallery, London Cranach Digital Archive CorpusCranach Web Gallery of Art |
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| Source/Photographer |
National Gallery, London - online catalogue. |
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