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Object Type
print
Museum number
1871,0812.80
Description
Venus reclining on a bed and holding a bunch of flowers; Cupid sits on a cushion with a quiver of arrows near a bowl of fruit; two putti draw back the canopy cover; oval design in an ornament cartouche with four putti at each corner Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Jan Saenredam
After:
Hendrik Goltzius
Published by:
Claes Jansz. Visscher
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1595
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
215 millimetres
Width:
285 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression see 1910,0208.18.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(74.II)
(Jan Saenredam)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(602.II)
(Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius)
Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur
(III.237.51)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Associated with:
Cornelis Schonaeus
(author of Latin verses)
Representation of:
Aphrodite/Venus
Representation of:
Eros/Cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Bernhard Keller
(L.384)
Purchased through:
H G Gutekunst
(sale Stuttgart 22-31.v.1871/3391)
Acquisition date
1871
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1871,0812.80