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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Cupid Complaining to Venus, c. 1526–27, National Gallery, London. Cupid Complaining to Venus is an oil painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder.Nearly 20 similar works by Cranach and his workshop are known, from the earliest dated version in Güstrow Palace of 1527 to one in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, dated to 1545, with the figures in a variety of poses and ...
Venus, Cupid and the honeycomb. Dimensions. 169 cm × 67 cm (67 in × 26 in) Location. Galleria Borghese, Rome. 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 ...
Cupid the Honey Thief, by Lucas Cranach the Elder A repetitive motif in ancient poetry included Eros being stung by bees. The story is first found in the Anacreontea , attributed to sixth century BC author Anacreon , and goes that Eros once went to his mother Aphrodite crying about being stung by a bee, and compared the small creature to a ...
e. In classical mythology, Cupid / ˈkjuːpɪd / (Latin: Cupīdō [kʊˈpiːdoː], meaning "passionate desire") is the god of desire, erotic love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of the love goddess Venus and the god of war Mars. He is also known as Amor / ˈɑːmɔːr / (Latin: Amor, "love"). His Greek counterpart is ...
The painting was heavily influenced by The Five Senses, a series of allegorical paintings done by the younger Brueghel's father, Jan Brueghel the Elder. Description. Allegory of Sight depicts a scene in which the Greco-Roman goddess Venus and her son Cupid examine an impressive collection of valuables. Venus is seen examining her reflection in ...
Where Cupid (lust) can be imperious, cruel, prone to mischief or even war-like, Amor softly persuades. Cato the Elder, having a Stoic's outlook, sees Cupid as a deity of greed and blind passion, morally inferior to Amor. The Roman playwright Plautus, however, has Venus, Cupid and Amor working together. [73]
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German: Lucas Cranach der Ältere [ˈluːkas ˈkʁaːnax deːɐ̯ ˈʔɛltəʁə]; c. 1472 – 16 October 1553) was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those ...
oil on lime panel. Dimensions. 186.1 cm × 120.6 cm (73.3 in × 47.5 in) Location. Gemäldegalerie, Berlin. The Fountain of Youth is an oil-on-panel painting executed in 1546 by the German artist Lucas Cranach the Elder.