Geboorte van Venus, Pieter Claesz. Soutman (workshop of), after Pieter Claesz. Soutman, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1640 - 1670

Title(s)

Geboorte van Venus
Venus orta mari (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-H-O-2

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 12-2(3)

Inscriptions / marks

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

Description

Venus rijst op uit het schuim en wringt haar haar uit. Zeewezens bieden haar schelpen en parelsnoeren aan, terwijl Neptunus toekijkt. In de wolken spelen putti.

Artist

• print maker: Pieter Claesz. Soutman (workshop of)
• after drawing by: Pieter Claesz. Soutman (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Clement de Jonghe (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Haarlem
publisher: Amsterdam

Dating

1640 - 1670

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 401 mm × width 492 mm

What

• birth of Venus; Venus Anadyomene: after Uranus' castration Venus rises from the sea wringing the water from her hair; usually she is awaited by the Hours
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Christoffel van Sichem I to Herman Specht, p. 229, cat.nr. 12
• Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P. Rubens, avec l'indication des collections où se trouvent les tableaux et les gravures, p. 124, cat.nr. 39