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Museum number: 1856,1213.69
Description: Venus in the forge of Vulcan. Vulcan and several muscular colleagues beating a piece of metal on an anvil with hammers at centre, Venus and Cupid watching at right, a bow and quiver in the lower right corner, an oven at left; copy in reverse after Heemskerck. 1546 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Bos; After: Maarten van Heemskerck
School/style
Production date: 1546
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 273 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 385 millimetres
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Curator's comments: After the painting (in reverse) by Heemskerck in the Narodni Galeri, Prague dated 1536. For other impressions see V,10.97 and 1874,0808.2043. For a tazza using this design in the BM from the Waddesdon Bequest see WB.98
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (64); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (51); Schéle 1965 / Cornelis Bos: A study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque (587) (Maarten van Heemskerck; copy)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; forge/foundry; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Hephaistos/Vulcan; Representation of: Aphrodite/Venus; Representation of: Eros/Cupid
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Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1856,1213.69

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