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PROPERTY OF THE HEIRS OF DANIËL GEORGE VAN BEUNINGEN (1877-1955) (LOTS 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19)
LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)
Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief
Details
LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)
Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief
signed with the artist's serpent device with the wings folded (lower right)
oil on panel, unframed
19 ¼ x 13 3⁄8 in. (48.9 x 34 cm.)
inscribed 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO / FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE FIXIT APIS · / SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS / QVAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET ·' (upper left)
Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief
signed with the artist's serpent device with the wings folded (lower right)
oil on panel, unframed
19 ¼ x 13 3⁄8 in. (48.9 x 34 cm.)
inscribed 'DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO / FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPITE FIXIT APIS · / SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS / QVAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET ·' (upper left)
Provenance
Gaston von Mallmann (1860-1917), Blaschkow, Bohemia and Berlin; [sale under Galerie Ritter Gaston von Mallmann], Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, 12 June 1918, lot 59, as 'Lucas Cranach I' (8,700 Mark).
with Dr. Curt Benedict, Berlin, 1926.
Anonymous sale; Paul Graupe and S.J. Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 5 November 1935 (=2nd day), lot 158, as 'Lucas Cranach I'.
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, and by descent.
with Dr. Curt Benedict, Berlin, 1926.
Anonymous sale; Paul Graupe and S.J. Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 5 November 1935 (=2nd day), lot 158, as 'Lucas Cranach I'.
Daniël George van Beuningen (1877-1955), Rotterdam, and by descent.
Literature
H. Voss, 'Die Galerie Gaston von Mallmann in Berlin', Der Cicerone, I, Leipzig, 1909, p. 45.
Kunst und Künstler, XVIII, Berlin, 1918, p. 447.
M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, Die Gemälde van Lucas Cranach, Berlin, 1932, p. 89, no. 321C, as 'eher Lucas Cranach II'.
M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, rev. ed., London, 1978, p. 149, no. 398C, as 'likely to be by Lucas Cranach the Younger'.
M. Hofbauer, Corpus Cranach: Lucas Cranach I und Lucas Cranach II Verzeichnis der Gemälde unter Berücksichtigung von Werkstattumfeld und Epigonen, Heidelberg, 2022, pp. 280, 599 and 616, no. CC-MHM-600-054, as 'C1: Lucas Cranach der Ältere (1472(?) –1553) oder unter seiner Werkstattleitung entstanden'.
Cranach Digital Archive, cat. no. PRIVATE_NONE-P508, accessed 20 January 2025, as 'Lucas Cranach the Younger or follower?'.
Kunst und Künstler, XVIII, Berlin, 1918, p. 447.
M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, Die Gemälde van Lucas Cranach, Berlin, 1932, p. 89, no. 321C, as 'eher Lucas Cranach II'.
M.J. Friedländer and J. Rosenberg, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, rev. ed., London, 1978, p. 149, no. 398C, as 'likely to be by Lucas Cranach the Younger'.
M. Hofbauer, Corpus Cranach: Lucas Cranach I und Lucas Cranach II Verzeichnis der Gemälde unter Berücksichtigung von Werkstattumfeld und Epigonen, Heidelberg, 2022, pp. 280, 599 and 616, no. CC-MHM-600-054, as 'C1: Lucas Cranach der Ältere (1472(?) –1553) oder unter seiner Werkstattleitung entstanden'.
Cranach Digital Archive, cat. no. PRIVATE_NONE-P508, accessed 20 January 2025, as 'Lucas Cranach the Younger or follower?'.
Exhibited
Bermuda, National Gallery, on loan.
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