Mars, Venus and Cupid, Jean Mignon, after Luca Penni, c. 1543 - c. 1545

Mars, Venus and Cupid, Jean Mignon, after Luca Penni, c. 1543 - c. 1545

etching, h 285mm × w 293mm More details

In the early 1540s Jean Mignon worked as a painter in the palace of the French king in Fontainebleau. He also made etchings there, mostly after drawings by the Italian artist Luca Penni. Here he depicts a classical subject: Mars lovingly embracing Venus. Remarkably, in this interpretation Mars looks straight at us while caressing Venus’ bosom.

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Identification

Title(s)

Mars, Venus and Cupid
Mars, Venus en Cupido

Object type

print

Object number

RP-P-2018-1962

Catalogue reference

Bartsch 52
Remark: anoniem
The Illustrated Bartsch 52
Remark: anoniem
Zerner 38
Remark: Mignon
IFF 16e siècle 17
Remark: Mignon

Inscriptions / marks

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

Description

Ronde voorstelling van de vrijage van Mars en Venus, op de voorgrond Cupido.

Creation

Artist

print maker: Jean Mignon
after print by: Luca Penni

Place

Dating

c. 1543 - c. 1545

Material and Technique

Material

paper

Technique

Measurements

height 285 mm × width 293 mm

Subject

What

Mars and Venus as lovers

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

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

Acquisition

purchase 21-Jun-2018

Copyright

Documentation

Prints at the court of Fontainebleau, c. 1542-47, Catherine Jenkins, Peter Fuhring, dl. 2, p. 305, cat.nr. JM 38
The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 33, p. 327, cat.nr. 52
Ecole de Fontainebleau : gravures, cat.nr. 38
Inventaire du fonds français : graveurs du seizième siècle, dl. 2, p. 16, cat.nr. 17
Le peintre graveur, dl. 16, p. 396, cat.nr. 52

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.714638

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