Currently not on view
The Triumph of Venus,
ca. 1768–69
Gaetano Gandolfi, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna
x1976-64
Information
Title
The Triumph of Venus
Dates
ca. 1768–69
Maker
Medium
Pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over traces of graphite, on light tan paper, mounted down
Dimensions
23.5 × 34.5 cm. (9 1/4 × 13 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1976-64
Marks/Labels/Seals
Watermark: Crowned escutcheon with powder horn, and beehive below, and J. Honig & Zoonen (cf. Churchill 322)
Culture
Type
- Mimi Cazort, "The Art of Embellishment: Drawings and Paintings by Gaetano and Mauro Gandolfi for a Festive Carriage," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 52, no. 2 (1993): p. 28–35., p. 38
- "Drawings by the Gandolfi Family and Their Followers in the Art Museum: A Checklist ," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 52, no. 2 (1993): 37–38., p. 38
- Laura Giles, Lia Markey, Claire Van Cleave, et. al., Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2014)., p. 44, cat. no. 17; p. 45 (illus.); p. 46 (verso illus.); p. 257-258, app. no. 86 (illus.)
