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Artist/Creator (1)	Cranach, Lucas, the elder (1472-1553) the elder
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	German
Artist/Creator (1).Attribution	Workshop of
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist
Title/Caption	Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief
Inscription	Signed with the signet (a snake and bat wings) and the date 1530, on the tree trunk. Inscribed on the cartellino at the upper left: DVM 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]
Technique/Process	Painting: paintings
Materials/Medium	Oil on oak panel
Dimensions	14 5/16 x 9 15/16 in. (36.3 x 25.2 cm)
Period	Renaissance
Culture	German
Location.Current Site/City & Country	New York (N.Y.)
Location.Current Repository	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Repository Notes	The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.135), 1975
Subject	Painting, German Painting, 16th century Painting Renaissance Figures, female Nudes, female Venus deities in art Cupids (Art)
Publisher	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Publisher.Location	New York (N.Y.)
Credit Line	Image [copyright] The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reference Number	Met-07175
Collection Title	Painting (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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