print
- Museum number
- 1845,0825.467
- Description
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Venus; the goddess in the sky identified by an inscription: 'VENERE' riding a chariot drawn by a pair of doves; the wheels of the chariot with signs of the zodiac inscribed: 'TORO' and 'BILANCE'; a blindfolded Cupid shoots arrows earthwards; below the various occupations and enjoyments of love: lovers are shown dancing, playing music, eating, bathing, riding; on the frieze of the palace on the left the inscription: 'ONNIA VINCIT AMOR'. c.1464.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1464 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 320 millimetres
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Width: 215 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This print belongs to the so-called 'original' series of 'Planets', a group of engravings created probably around 1464 in a style called by Hind 'Fine Manner'. For this group see the entry for Hind A.III.1a (PD 1845,0825.474).
As Hind noted, the couple dancing in the centre and the bathers on the cart should be compared with similar figures in some of the so-called 'Otto Prints' (Hind, A.IV.13, 18, 12). The Cupid corresponds to one in the 'Triumph of Love' in the 'Vienna Triumphs of Petrarch' (Hind, A.I.18).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1845
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1845,0825.467