Lucas_Cranach_d._Ä._-_Venus_mit_Amor_als_Honigdieb_(Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art).jpg
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Summary
anonymous : Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q191748
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Title |
Venus and Cupid, the Honey Thief
label QS:Lit,"Venere ed Amore/Cupido con un favo di miele"
label QS:Lfr,"Vénus avec Cupidon le voleur de miel"
label QS:Lnl,"Venus en Cupido de honing dief"
label QS:Lru,"Венера с Амуром мед вор"
label QS:Lde,"Venus mit Amor als Honigdieb"
label QS:Len,"Venus and Cupid, the Honey Thief"
label QS:Lda,"Venus og Cupido som honningtyv"
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Genre | mythological painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depicted people | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
between 1580 and 1620
date QS:P571,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1580-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | oil on oak wood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 36.3 cm (14.2 in); width: 25.2 cm (9.9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,36.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,25.2U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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Current location |
room 953
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Accession number |
1975.1.135
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Object history | Z. M. Hackenbroch, Frankfurt, 1928; Mrs. A. E. Goodhart, from whom acquired by Robert Lehman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions |
Signed and dated by copyist, at left, on tree trunk [Cranach's winged serpent insignia with elevated wings and dated '1530']
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VM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO. / FVRANTI DIGITVM SEDVLA PVNXIT APIS. / SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET MORITVRA VOLVPTAS / QVAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET
[As Cupid was stealing honey from the hive / A bee 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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Notes | Friedländer, Rosenberg (1978) No.: - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
Cranach Digital Archive
RKDimages, Art-work number 264819 |
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Source/Photographer | Metropolitan Museum of Art, online collection (The Met object ID 459077) |
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