print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 2006,U.362
- Description
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Venus standing to right on the edge of a cloud with Cupid on her side, addressing a young woman and two soldiers, kneeling before her; chariot drawn by two doves seen at top left, three putti looking out from behind clouds nearby; illustration to Petronius's 'The Ephesian Matron: or, Widow's Tears' ('Satyricon', ch.111-112), published in John Ogilby's 'Æsopic's: Or A Second Collection of Fables, Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations' (London: 1668); second state.
Etching
- Production date
- 1665-1668
- Dimensions
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Height: 283 millimetres
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Width: 203 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1860,1109.163 for another impression, 1858,0724.169 and 1866,0407.835 for first state.
See New Hollstein (Hollar) 2005-2034 for Hollar's etchings for this publication.
See Comment of 1847,0713.14
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Ephesian Matron: or, Widow's Tears
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Associated Title: Æsopic's: Or A Second Collection of Fables, Paraphras'd in Verse: Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations (1668)
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2006,U.362
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 1891,1116.179