Venus en Vulcanus in de smidse van Vulcanus, Giorgio Ghisi, after Perino del Vaga, 1530 - 1582

Title(s)

Venus en Vulcanus in de smidse van Vulcanus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1991-42

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 54
• Bartsch 54
• Bellini (Ghisi) 12-3(5)
• Lewis&Lewis 19-3(4)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228
• collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Description

Venus en Vulcanus in de smidse van Vulcanus. Vulcanus smeedt een pijl. Putti assisteren hem.

Artist

• print maker: Giorgio Ghisi (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Perino del Vaga (mentioned on object)

Place

Italy

Dating

1530 - 1582

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 191 mm × width 307 mm

What

• (story of) Vulcan (Hephaestus)
• Vulcan in his smithy
• (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
• Vulcan and Venus
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1991

Copyright

Public domain

• L'opera incisa di Giorgio Ghisi, Paolo Bellini, p. 65-67, cat.nr. 12
• Italian artists of the sixteenth century, Suzanne Boorsch, dl. 31, p. 119, cat.nr. 54
• The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi, Michal Lewis, p. 86-87, cat.nr. 19
• Le peintre graveur, Adam von, 1757-1821 Bartsch, dl. 15, p. 405, cat.nr. 54
• Keuze uit de aanwinsten [1991-2], p. 317, afb. 22