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Venus and Cupid (Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus)
copy after Hendrick Goltzius, 1558–1617; born Mülbracht, Netherlands; died Haarlem, Netherlands
x1934-660 a
Information
Title
Venus and Cupid (Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus)
Maker
copy after Hendrick Goltzius
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
plate (sheet trimmed to plate): 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Junius S. Morgan, Class of 1888
Object Number
x1934-660 a
Place Made
Europe, Netherlands
Inscription
One line of Latin in margin: SINE CERERE ET BACcHO FRIGET VENUS [in the word BACcHO the small c is inscribed in the capital C].
Inscribed in clouds, upper center: y 4 [not mentioned in Hollstein]
Signed in plate, lower left: HG I
Reference Numbers
Bartsch 257; Hollstein 305; New Hollstein 147
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
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F.W.H. Hollstein, "Goltzius-Heemskerck," Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1953).
, nos. 21-32 - Otto Hirschmann and E. W. Moes, Hendrik Goltzius, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werks (Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1976)., nos. 21-32
- Marjolein Leesberg, "Hendrick Goltzius," New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2012)., nos. 17-28
- Walter L. Strauss, ed., Hendrik Goltzius, 1558-1617: the complete engravings and woodcuts (New York: Abaris Books, 1977-)., nos. 332-356
