The naive slender elegance of the female figure was clearly to the taste of the German courts and have an enduring charm. 

Cupid, having been stung by bees when stealing honey, complained to his mother Venus about the pain produced by such small animals. The baby winged Cupid holds the honeycomb that he has just stolen, a source of immediate pleasure but also of pain.  To which she replied that he too was small and that the wounds occasioned by his arrows were much more painful.

This story was painted several times by Cranach himself or by his workshop, this mythological subject matched the taste of the Prince-Electors of Saxony, who commissioned these works to decorate their private apartments.