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Venus en Neptunus, Simon Fokke, 1775

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Venus en Neptunus, Simon Fokke, 1775

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Identification

Title(s)

Venus en Neptunus
Venus descend pour prier Neptune d'exciter les tempêtes, afin que Télémaque n'arrive pas en Itaque (title on object)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-1906-255

Inscriptions / marks

collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Neptunus staat op een schelp en wordt voortgetrokken door zeepaarden. Hij is in gesprek met Venus die uit de lucht is neergedaald. Prent linksboven gemerkt: Page 148.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Simon Fokke (mentioned on object)
after own design by: Simon Fokke (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1775

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 147 mm × width 96 mm

Explanatory note

Illustratie uit: Fénélon, François de Salignac de la Mothe. Les avantures de Telemaque, fils d’Ulysse. Amsterdam: Evert van Harrevelt, 1775.

Subject

What

(story of) Telemachus
(story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
(story of) Neptune (Poseidon)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of Mr Burger

Acquisition

gift 1906

Copyright

Public domain

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.111337