Venus and Adonis
Prints and Drawings
Artist | |
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Culture | Italian |
Place of production | Italy |
Date | ca. 1515–1516 |
Object type | |
Medium, technique | paper, engraving (second state of five) |
Dimensions | 198 x 253 mm (sheet, trimmed close to platemark) |
Inventory number | 5786 |
Collection | Prints and Drawings |
On view | This artwork is not on display |
second state of five
Signed with monogram ‘MAF’ on a stone at right, inscribed above: ‘INV. RAP. VR.’, at centre: ‘LINQVEBANT/DVLCES ANI/MAS, AVT AE/GRA TRAHE/BANT/CORP’, and upper left: ‘EFFIGIES SACRAE DIVOM PHRIGI’
This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.