Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1525 - Venus and Cupid - fine art print

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Cranach often treated the theme of Venus and Cupid, but this excellently preserved panel is the only version in a round format. Playing coquettishly with her veil and glancing at the viewer, Venus ignores Cupid, who is agitated by the situation. His arrow is missing, suggesting that he has been disarmed and is powerless against his mother. The picture was likely intended for display in a personal studiolo. Cranach might have painted the roundel not on commission but on speculation, to be sold to discerning collectors already conditioned by the tradition of medals and plaquettes to appreciate such refined work.

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The over 490 year old artpiece named Venus and Cupid was made by the northern renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder. The original measures the size: Diameter 4 3/4 in (12,1 cm) and was painted with the techinque of oil on wood. It is included in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982 (license - public domain). The creditline of the artwork is: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982. The alignment is square with an aspect ratio of 1 : 1, meaning that the length is equal to the width. The painter Lucas Cranach the Elder was a European artist from Germany, whose artistic style can be attributed mainly to Northern Renaissance. The Northern Renaissance artist lived for a total of 81 years, born in 1472 in Kronach, Bavaria, Germany and deceased in the year 1553.

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