Venus, Wenceslaus Hollar, after Adam Elsheimer, 1644 - 1652

Title(s)

Venus

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-11.219

Catalogue reference

• New Hollstein German (Hollar) 845
• Pennington 271-A

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Venus zit in een landschap samen met Amor, nimfen en saters.

Artist

• print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Adam Elsheimer (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1644 - 1652

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 94 mm × width 148 mm

What

• (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Wenceslaus Hollar, Giulia Bartrum, Simon Turner, dl. III, p. 122, cat.nr. 845
• A descriptive catalogue of the etched work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. 36, cat.nr. 271A