Vulcanus betrapt Mars en Venus, Antonio Tempesta, 1606

Title(s)

Vulcanus betrapt Mars en Venus
Martem Veneremqe adulterantes Vulcanus reti suo implicat (title on object)
Metamorphoseon sive transformationum (series title)
Metamorfosen van Ovidius (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

34/150

Object number

RP-P-OB-37.808

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 671
• Bartsch 638-787

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

Vulcanus vangt de overspelige Venus en Mars, die samen in bed liggen, met een net. Titel in het Latijn in ondermarge.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta
• publisher: Pieter de Jode (I)

Place

print maker: Italy
publisher: Antwerp

Dating

1606

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 104 mm × width 117 mm

What

• Mars and Venus surprised by Vulcan; he catches them in a net

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• The illustrated Bartsch, dl. 36, p. 26, cat.nr. 671
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 151, cat.nr. 638-787