Venus and Cupid, 1506

  • Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, 1472-1553

Woodcut printed in black ink on paper attached at all corners to mat

  • Image and sheet: 10 7/8 × 7 3/4 inches (27.6 × 19.7 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund

34.199

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Signed and dated, on block within image, upper right: L | [dragon device] | 1506 | C

1934-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Luttikhuizen, Henry, ed. Stirring the World: Germany Printmaking in the Age of Luther. Exh. cat., Center Art Gallery, Calvin College. Grand Rapids, 2017, pp. 110-111 (pl. 26).

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Venus and Cupid, 1506, woodcut printed in black ink on paper attached at all corners to mat. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 34.199.