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Lucas Cranach the Elder

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

ca. 1580–1620
Oil on oak panel
36.3 × 25.2 cm (14.3 × 9.9 in)

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · verified July 2026

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