(Q88203027)

English

Venus and Cupid as Honey Thief

painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder

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1527
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Venus mit Amor als Honigdieb (German)
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58.2 centimetre
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83 centimetre
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DVM PVER ALVEOLO FVRATVR MELLA CVPIDO / FVRANTI DIGITVM CVSPIDE FIXIT APIS / SIC ETIAM NOBIS BREVIS ET PERITVRA VOLVPTAS / QUAM PETIMVS TRISTI MIXTA DOLORE NOCET (Latin)
As Cupid was stealing honey from the hive / A bee stung the thief on the finger / And so do we seek transitory and dangerous pleasures / That are mixed with sadness and bring us pain (English)
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1527 (multiple languages)
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