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Summary

Lucas Cranach the Elder: Venus  wikidata:Q103821946 reasonator:Q103821946
Artist
Lucas Cranach the Elder  (1472–1553)  wikidata:Q191748
 
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Alternative names
Lucas Cranach
Description -German painter, drawer, printmaker and court painter
Date of birth/death 4 October 1472 Edit this at Wikidata 16 October 1553 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Kronach Edit this at Wikidata Weimar Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q191748
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Venus Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Venus Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Venus Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lde,"Venus"
label QS:Lnl,"Venus"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre mythological painting Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Venus Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1531 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on panel Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 39.5 cm (15.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 24.5 cm (9.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+39.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+24.5U174728
Stiftung Fürst Liechtenstein
Object history Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
, Belgium (For c. 150 years, until July 2013) Seized by French authorities in 2016 on suspicion of being a forgery.
Inscriptions

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winged serpent and date 1531
References mittelbayerische
Der Standard
antiquestradegazette.com
French police seize painting attributed to Cranach, owned by the Prince of Liechtenstein; Christian Goller
blog.arthistoricum.net
Spotting Fine Art Fakes
Source/Photographer Colnaghi

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