Venus en Amor op dolfijnen, Marco Dente, after Rafaël, 1517 - 1562

Title(s)

Venus en Amor op dolfijnen

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-H-122

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 324-2(3)
• Bartsch 324

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘2’
• collector's mark: Lugt 10
• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’

Description

Venus en Amor zitten bij twee dolfijnen op de rug. Amor heeft een pijl in zijn hand. Boven in de wolken twee windgoden.

Artist

• print maker: Marco Dente (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Rafaël
• publisher: Antonio Salamanca (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Italy
after design by: Italy
publisher: Rome

Dating

1517 - 1562

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 270 mm × width 175 mm

What

• Venus and Cupid (Cupid not being mere attribute)
• swimming mammals: dolphin
• gods of the winds

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• The works of Marcantonio Raimondi and of his school, Konrad Oberhuber, dl. 27, p. 16, cat.nr. 324
• Le peintre graveur, Adam von, 1757-1821 Bartsch, dl. 14, p. 244, cat.nr. 324