Venus and Cupid

dated 1506 (probably executed c. 1509)

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Artist, German, 1472 - 1553

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 28.7 x 20.2 cm (11 5/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1954.12.227

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 105, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1969

  • Symbols in Transformation: Iconographic Themes at the Time of the Reformation, Princeton University Art Museum, 1969, no. 9, repro.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 76, repro.

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1985

  • Snyder, James E. Northern Renaissance Art: Painting, Sculpture, the Graphic Arts from 1350-1575. New York, 1985: 373, fig. 434.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.76.

Inscriptions

upper right in woodblock: L / 1506 / C

Wikidata ID

Q65361541

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