Venus vertelt Adonis het verhaal van Hippomenes en Atalanta, John Hall, after Benjamin West, after Richard Earlom, 1769

Title(s)

Venus vertelt Adonis het verhaal van Hippomenes en Atalanta
Venus relating to Adonis, the Story of Hippomenes and Atalanta (title on object)
Voornaamste schilderijen van Engeland (series title)
The Most Capital Paintings in England (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

51/?

Object number

RP-P-OB-19.233

Catalogue reference

• LeBlanc 3

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Genummerd: Vol. II, No. 51.

Artist

• print maker: John Hall (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Benjamin West (mentioned on object)
• after drawing by: Richard Earlom (mentioned on object)
• publisher: John Boydell (mentioned on object)

Place

London

Dating

1769

Material

• paper

Technique

etching / engraving

Measurements

height 430 mm × width 529 mm

What

• Atalante and Hippomenes (or Meilanion)
• (story of) Venus (Aphrodite)
• (story of) Adonis
• doves, pigeons
• cupids: 'amores', 'amoretti', 'putti'

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant un dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations : ouvrage destiné à faire suite au Manuel du libraire par J.Ch. Brunet, dl. 2, p. 338, cat.nr. 3