03 — ARTWORK
Venus
CRANACH, Lucas the Elder · 1531 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on panel, 39 x 25 cm
- TYPE
- Mythological
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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This painting, signed and dated 1531, is the immediate precursor of Cranach's famous Venus in the Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, which was painted one year later in 1532.
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Venus by CRANACH, Lucas the Elder},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cranach-lucas-the-elder-r9182bd445f259a/venus-r0617aad369deef},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
