The Cult of Venus, 1596

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series Title

The Cults of Ceres, Venus and Bacchus (Plate 2)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 44.9 x 32 cm (17 11/16 x 12 5/8 in.)

sheet: 45.7 x 33 cm (18 x 13 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Hollstein, no. 70, State i/ii

Accession Number

2012.92.607

Artists / Makers

Jan Pietersz Saenredam (artist) Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Hendrick Goltzius (artist after) Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Image Use

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Inscription

in image, at bottom left: HG Inue. / I. S. sculp. / 2; below image: O Citherea, tuos placido nos respice vultu, / Tuqué Cupido puer: quorum vis magna supernos, / Infernosqué Deos, genus et mortale lacessit: Et quorum number ulla potentia vitat. C. Schonaeus

Provenance

(Valeria Bella Stampe, Milan); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased May 17, 2007; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bella, Valeria
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.

Exhibition History

2013: Northern Mannerist Prints from the Kainen Collection, NGA, 2013 - 2014.

Bibliography

1949: Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger: no. 70, i/ii

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Hendrick Goltzius, Marjolein Leesburg, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 610, i/ii