LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR) - photo 1
LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR) - photo 2
LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR) - photo 3

LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)

Lot 15
01.07.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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£ 630 000
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Lot 15 | LUCAS CRANACH THE YOUNGER (WITTENBERG 1515-1586 WEIMAR)
Estimate value
£ 500 000 – 800 000
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)




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.



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?'.



Exhibited

Bermuda, National Gallery, on loan.
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